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Tourmaline November 22, 2016 · 17 specimens |
T169 - Tourmaline sold
Pederneira Mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Miniature - 4.2 x 1.1 x 1 cm
Complete and terminated 'watermelon' Tourmaline with a blue/green over red coloration. Slight chipping along termination as seen in photos, otherwise undamaged. Weighs 12 grams.
T170 - Tourmaline sold
Pederneira Mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Thumbnail - 2 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm
Complete and terminated 'watermelon' Tourmaline with a green over deep red coloration. Undamaged. Weighs 9.8 grams.
T171 - Tourmaline sold
Cruziero Mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Thumbnail - 2.8 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm
Complete and terminated 'lipstick' Tourmaline that grades from a hot red/pink termination to clear then to green. The green zone is better than photos indicate.Undamaged. Weighs 2 grams.
T172 - Tourmaline sold
Cruziero Mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Miniature - 3.5 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
Complete and terminated 'lipstick' Tourmaline that grades from a hot red/pink termination to green. The green zone is better than photos indicate.Undamaged. Weighs 4.1 grams.
T173 - Tourmaline sold
Cruziero Mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Thumbnail - 3.0 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm
Complete and terminated 'lipstick' Tourmaline that grades from a hot red/pink termination to clear then to green. The green zone is better than photos indicate.Undamaged. Weighs 6.1 grams.
T174 - Tourmaline sold
Cruziero Mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Miniature - 3.2 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm
Complete and terminated 'lipstick' Tourmaline that grades from a hot red/pink termination to clear then to green. The green zone is better than photos indicate.Undamaged. Weighs 2.8 grams.
T176 - Tourmaline sold
Cruziero Mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Thumbnail - 3.0 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Complete and terminated 'lipstick' Tourmaline that grades from a hot red/pink termination to green. The green zone is better than photos indicate.Undamaged. Weighs 2.7 grams.
T177 - Tourmaline sold
Cruziero Mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Thumbnail - 2.6 x 1 x 0.6 cm
Complete and terminated 'lipstick' Tourmaline that grades from a hot red/pink termination to clear then to green. The green zone is better than photos indicate.Undamaged. Weighs 2.7 grams.
T178 - Tourmaline sold
Cruziero Mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Thumbnail - 2.5 x 1.6 x 1 cm
Complete and terminated 'lipstick' Tourmaline that grades from a hot red/pink termination to green. The green zone is better than photos indicate. Minor chipping on edges, otherwise undamaged. Weighs 9.7 grams.
T181 - Chrome Tourmaline sold
Voi, near Tsavo National Park, Kenya
Thumbnail - 1.5 x 1 x 0.6 cm
Deep green chromium and vanadium rich Dravite crystals in sizes up to 1.5 cm. Excellent color. Most are unterminated but there are terminated crystals in the lot too. Parcel weighs 53.3 grams, priced at $5.60/gram.
T182 - Tourmaline sold
Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan
Thumbnail - 1.6 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
Gemmy pink and green double-terminated Tourmaline crystal. Undamaged. Weighs 2.7 grams.
T184 - Tourmaline sold
Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan
Thumbnail - 3 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
Gemmy pink and green terminated Tourmaline crystal. Undamaged. Weighs 4.7 grams.
T186 - Tourmaline sold
Delicias Mine, Baja California, Mexico
Thumbnail - 1.5 x 1 x 1 cm
Hard to come by purple Tourmaline crystal from Baja. These are rare to find and have a distinct pyramidal termination and purple color. Undamaged. Weighs 2.3 grams.
T188 - Tourmaline sold
Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan
Miniature - 4.4 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Stout Tourmaline crystal with incredible and rare color combination. Purple at the termination grading to blue, then green, then pink. Stunning! Narrow back side is somewhat contacted (see photo), otherwise undamaged except for a couple trivial shallow nicks. Weighs 59.4 grams.
T189 - Tourmaline sold
Otjua Mine, Otjua Farm 37, Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia
Small Cabinet - 6.5 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Old blue cap Tourmaline from the Charlie Key collection. Grades from a deep pure blue at the termination to a lighter blue, then an orangey red, and finally to a more raspberry red. A complete floater that is naturally etched at the bottom. Translucent to gemmy throughout. I've only seen a couple similar crystals, both also out of the Charlie Key collection. My gram scale only go to 100 grams, so I had to use my postal scale which measured it at a little over 107 grams.
T190 - Tourmaline sold
Pederneira Mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Miniature - 4.3 x 3 x 2.5 cm
Complete and terminated 'watermelon' Tourmaline with a blue/green over pink coloration on Clevelandite feldspar. The small crystal flat in the Clevelandite is unterminated, otherwise specimen is undamaged.
T191 - Tourmaline sold
Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan
Small Cabinet - 6.6 x 0.7 x 0.4 cm
Long, slender intergrown pair of Tourmaline crystals with a pink and green coloration. Undamaged. Weighs 2.9 grams.