Elbaite, Quartz

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A big show-stopper of a specimen featuring a very large compound tourmaline crystal that has grown right on the side of a huge, gemmy quartz crystal! Though the specimen could not be removed from the pocket with the termination of the tourmaline intact (the bottom of the tourmaline and the quartz is the matrix contact), it is nevertheless quite a sensational specimen. The tourmaline is gemmy, with wonderful green color, and measures a very impressive 11 cm, top to bottom! It is actually a compound crystal made up of several intergrown crystals, and the terminations of these subordinate crystals ARE all complete - the only one missing is the main one - presumably the top end of the crystal contacted the pocket wall and therefore could not be removed complete. The tourmaline is just so striking against the backdrop of this giant quartz crystal - wow!