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Tourmaline, Quartz, Albite (Var: Cleavelandite)

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A showy specimen of two lustrous and gemmy doubly terminated green tourmaline crystals resting on a lustrous and sharp milky quartz crystal from the Pederneira Mine. The longer toumaline has a cranberry-colored core at the base. Interestingly, one tourmaline was broken by tectonic activity in the pocket, bent, healed and continued growing (in other words, it was a natural bending process...we did not do it!). The cranberry-colored termination is healed and regrown. 7.4 x 3.0 x 2.7 cm

Product details

SpeciesTourmaline, Quartz, Cleavelandite, Albite
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions7.4 x 3.0 x 2.7 cm
Added on10/23/2024
LocalityBrazil, Minas Gerais, Pederneira mine

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
08/2024Unknown OwnerNot disclosed
—The ArkenstoneNot disclosed

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