Tourmaline with Lepidolite

Item Description

Two elegant, pastel pink crystals splay out form a cluster of pale purple lepidolite and white albite clusters. The tourmalines are 7.5 and 7.75 cm in length, and about 1.5 cm across at the terminations (the larger cluster of two tourmalines is actually 2.5 x 1.7 cm at the termination). This elegant specimen is completely viewable 360 degrees around and is totally pristine and free of repairs - remarkable for a specimen so exposed in the pocket. The colors are muted and pastel, both of the tourmaline and lepidolite. Shooting the piece against black background was necessary to get the color an dluster both to show but enhanced the color too much in the full-piece shots. the color shown in the closeups below, a soft pastel pinkish hue, is more true to the actual piece. It is a VERY unusual piece, and color pattern. I purchased this at the mine head via a satellite phone photo and after cleaning to get it as sparkly and clean as you see it now, I would value it at $2500 or so.