Tourmaline


A421 - Tourmaline with Lepidolite $2000
Paprok, Afghanistan

 

   

Bright "bubble-gum" pink Tourmaline with attached Lepidolite. Complete all around and undamaged, size 6.5 x 4.2 x 3.5 cm (crystal 6.2 x 3.6 x 2.9 cm).


A422 - Tourmaline $1,400
Paprok, Afghanistan

 

   

Bright "bubble-gum" pink Tourmaline crystal. Complete all around and undamaged floater that broke off at some point during growth and the backside has rehealed. Great glassy luster, size 8.6 x 3.9 x 3.3 cm.


A423 - Tourmaline $450
Paprok, Afghanistan

 

 

 

Tri-color Tourmaline crystal - pink green, pink. Crystals from this find had superb glassy luster and transparency, the gemmy, glassy nature of this crystal is more apparent in person, size 3.5 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm.


A424 - Tourmaline $450
Paprok, Afghanistan

 

   

Green Tourmaline crystal with pink cap and multi-stepped pyramidal termination, good undamaged crystal, size 3.8 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm.


A425 - Tourmaline $300
Paprok, Afghanistan

 

 

Long green gem Tourmaline crystal. Terminated, undamaged facet quality crystal, facet grade for the entire length of the crystal, size 4.5 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm.


A668 - Indicolite $100
Kunar Prov., Afghanistan

   

Terminated gem crystal with great blue color, V-shaped in cross-section, size 2.5 x 1 x 0.6 cm.


A427 - Tourmaline $1,250
Pech, Kunar Prov., Afghanistan

 

   

Bright pastel green Tourmaline crystal from a small lot that appeared at the 2006 Tucson show. Complete all around, undamaged with many side crystals. Transparent with unique green color, 4.1 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm.


A541 - Tourmaline $320

Paprok, Afghanistan

 

 

 

"Watermelon" Tourmaline of green over pink, glassy and undamaged with a terminated side crystal, 3.9 x 1 x 0.9 cm.


AF583 - Tourmaline $200

Nigeria

   

Gem green Tourmaline with red termination, picked from a lot of gem rough. Complete and undamaged, 3 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm.


A550 - Tourmaline with Microlite $450

Paprok, Afghnistan

     

Thick pink Tourmaline crystal with Lepidolite around the base. Two Micorlite crystals to 6mm (one on each side) are partially embedded int he Tourmaline near the base, 4.9 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm.


A429 - Tourmaline $680
Pech, Kunar Prov., Afghanistan

 

   

Bright pastel green over pink Tourmaline crystal from a small lot that appeared at the 2006 Tucson show. The contrast between the gemmy green on top of the translucent pink is striking. Undamaged and complete all around. Transparent with unique green color, 3.5 x 2.1 x 2 cm.


SA427 - Tourmaline $650
Pederniera Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil

     

Cluster of 3 GEM green Tourmaline crystals. A small imperfection on backside of base where another crystal grew (not damage), otherwise perfect. A wonderfully lustrous and gemmy crystal, top notch! size 5.3 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm.


A302 - Elbaite over Liddicoatite $400
Luc Yen District, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam

 

 

Green Elbaite over a red Liddicoatite core. This one (and the next) is the largest good crystal from this find I have owned, size 4.8 x 4 x 3 cm.


A303 - Elbaite over Liddicoatite $450
Luc Yen District, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam

 

 

Green Elbaite over a red Liddicoatite core. This one (and the next) is the largest good crystal from this find I have owned, size 5.5 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm.


NA397 - Tourmaline $60
Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, California

     

Terminated pink and green single crystal, 2.3 x 1.4 x 1.0 cm.


A474 - Tourmaline $350
Kunar Prov., Afghanistan

 

 

Well terminated green crystal with blue cap. The crystal is intergrown in areas by numerous smaller crystals. Otherwise complete gem quality with rich color and good surface luster, no damage, size 5.5 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm.


A136 - Uvite $250
Okampitiya Village, Uva Province, Sri Lanka

   


Large, well formed complete Uvite crystal from the type locality. Good yellow/brown translucency when backlit, size 4 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm.


A601 - Tourmaline $420
Afghanistan

 

 

Bright pink, gemmy double terminated Tourmaline crystal, flat termination on one end with an etched and rehealed termination on the other. A bit of epidote attached to one side, 6.2 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm.


SA312 - Tourmaline $100
Pirineus Miine, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

   

A beautiful little gem of a crystal with a great blue color - not too dark and without the blue/green color typical of most Indicolites. Well terminated with a bottom that fades to a chatoyant "cats-eye" etched end, 1.7 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm.


A141 - Schorl with Quartz $125
Afghanistan

   


Undamaged terminated crystals of each species, attractive black tourmaline specimen, size 5.3 x 4.5 x 4 cm.


A715 - Tourmaline $110
Luc Yen District, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam

     

Single Tourmaline crystal with green Elbaite exterior over red Liddicoatite with multi-faceted termination. Mica crystals present in side. Unique find, 2.6 x 2 x 1.5 cm.


A719 - Tourmaline $70
Luc Yen District, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam

     

Single Tourmaline crystal with green Elbaite exterior over red Liddicoatite with multi-faceted termination. The Elbaite has been etched away in areas exposing the red Liddicoatite. Unique find, 2.6 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm.


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