Tourmaline

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A stunning crystal for the Himalaya mine with INTENSE color and the deepest red color I can recall seeing on a glassy termination from here. It has almost a maroon-maroon color saturation in fluorescent lighting (although these go paler in Halogen lighting). The termination is sharper than usual, and more lustrous on most faces as well (it has one matte face). The crystal is complete all around and doubly-terminated, and masses 64 grams. It has a few shallow contacts in back where it grew against cleavelandite blades, but no damage. This is a very choice crystal, which Bill Larson mined in the 1980s from his own mine and kept in this company collection ever since. The cleavelandite accents are nice, but not overly imposing. It sits upright on the flat termination, or can be mounted in a base with the pointed termination down - either way, impactful on display. This crystal is much more translucent than the average Himalaya crystal, even when only minimally backlit, and overall this is a superior example in its size class. ex Pala Intl company collection