Tourmaline, Quartz

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A BEAUTIFUL and SHOWY cluster of gemmy, lustrous, doubly terminated watermelon tourmaline crystals to 5.0 cm and aesthetically accented by lustrous, doubly terminated quartz crystals. The tourmaline terminations are different colors, some pink, and styles and there are even a couple of tiny, pink tourmalines on the quartz crystals. A rare quality for the locality for both size and aesthtics! this was mined in the mid-1980s. perfect except one slight edge, where you hardly notice that one of the secondary tourmaline crystals has a broken tip. This fine Otjua, Karibib District, Namibia piece comes with a custom-made Sunnywood base. 6.1 x 5.4 x 3.4 cm