Tourmaline

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This is a full miniature, of two crystals of very good translucency and color, that is nearly complete all around 360 degrees. It is, in fact, technically complete - just has a shallow contact on the back face of the large crystal where it was attached to another at one time. The sides are 3-dimensional and complete. luster is fairly high for a Himalaya tourmaline, which rarely gets as glassy as Brazilian tourmalines, but this comes close as any. Because this is a doublet, more rare as opposed to the more common singles from this mine, to me it has much more interest than its value may indicate. Sits for display nicely, and masses 102 grams