Tourmaline

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This crystal of unusual style was found in the late 1980s and added to the mine owner's company collection. It is large, at 142 grams and nearly 5 inches. The crystal is complete at both ends, and all around, though it shows unusual vertical striations uncommon in Himalaya Mine material. The termination atop has perhaps the most intense, fiery evergreen color I have ever seen in a Himalaya crystal, and is bright and gemmy, transparent to light. The pink zone below it is, as it typical, a little murkier but still nicely translucent. The extended green zone below that is a more muted pea-green color, and takes more light to see through it, but when backlit is both entirely translucent and has internal brilliance. ex Pala Intl company collection