Elbaite, Quartz

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A large, superb Paprok combination specimen that is distinguished in many ways. The tourmaline crystal actually started out much, much fatter when it began to grow. You can see the pink part underneath; this is actually the lower termination, measuring 4.5 cm across. The growth of the crystal was interrupted above this - you can now see this as a rough contact "shelf" of matrix and tourmaline at the base of the continuation of the crystal, which continued growth as a gemmy light blue crystal. The upper part of the crystal measures 3.4 cm across the termination in the long direction. One thing that makes this specimen special is that the quartz crystals are doubly-terminated floaters. In fact, the only contact is that point where the growth of the tourmaline crystal was interrupted to form the shelf that you see in the foreground of the gemmy blue continued growth, on the back side of the specimen.