Elbaite

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From the notable collection of Gene Meieran, an absolutely wonderful Himalaya Mine specimen featuring a chunky tourmaline crystal jutting from the center of a euhedral quartz crystal! There is a second, smaller crystal behind the big one. The larger crystal measures 2.5 cm across the termination in the longest direction, so it is a real fatty. It is translucent, with a sort of golden color and a thin green termination. The terminations of both crystals are pristine. This is not one of those specimens where you see the tourmaline amidst a sort of hacked-out piece of quartz - this translucent quartz crystal formed sharp euhedral faces around the tourmaline, like a tree growing around a fencepost.