Elbaite

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A STRIKING, OLD-TIME Cruzeiro Mine specimen. A 5.5 cm, lustrous, pastel-pink, 3-sided, drill bit-like, tourmaline crystal dramatically rises from a nest of highly contrasting, gemmy, green tourmaline crystals. One side is nicely accented by a white cleavelandite plate. The termination of the spear is gemmy and is a nice amber color. The main tourmaline is pristine and the couple of broken green tourmalines are certainly not a detraction and are in fact, hardly noticeable. A dramatic specimen from the Sam Cooper Collection. Cruzeiro pieces like this date to the 1960s or 70s.