Gemmy, deep emerald green Tourmaline with intense color, especially when backlit. Though called Chrome Tourmaline, it is actually a vanadian rich uvite/dravite. One photo backlit. .

Gemmy golden brown crystal from a new find. Complete all around.

Gemmy brown crystal with a steep pyramidal termination. A small percentage had these steep terminations, but most of this style were not gemmy - this one is very gemmy. Complete all around with one small nick on a backside termination face. Termination faces are matte luster with bright glassy luster on the prism faces. From a new find.

Gemmy golden brown crystal from a new find. Complete all around.

GEM yellow/grey crystal from a new find. Complete all around and transparent, very good.

Gemmy golden brown crystal with a yellow termination from a new find. Larger size than most and complete all around.

GEM yellow/brown crystal from a new find. Complete all around and transparent, very good.

Gemmy golden brown crystal from a new find. Excelent quality and good sized with majority of backside contacted.

Gemmy yellow/grey crystal from a new find. Glassy and complete all around with some frosty luster on backside where another crystal intergrew.

Single Diopside crystal with SUPERB deep vivid green color, the best color for Diopside, similar to the color of the specimens from the December 2007 pocket (and this in all likelyhood is from that pocket). In addition tot he great color, it has much better transparency than most of this coloration. Complete all around with unusual modified termination faces.

Single Epidote crystal of deep green color, translucent along the edges. This came in a parcel of Tanzanite, though I doubt it it is from Merelani , and for that matter may not even be from Tanzania as there is a known Epidote deposit in Kenya.Good well formed crystal complete all around.