Tourmaline

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One of a very few tourmalines I found in an old collection with this classic combination from the 1960s or 1970s: incredible BRILLIANT luster, glassy surface, intense color zoning, and a gem nodule inside the base. These are absolutely STUNNING in person, like nothing in recent finds from tourmaline. Mark my words, when you see it in person, you won't think its as overpriced as it seems to be. I pried these out of a tourmaline collector who bought them in the early 1970s and has owned them ever since, in Germany. This large thumbnail/toenail/small miniature piece is just over 11 grams. It is stunning, the finest of the 3 here because of its thick, fat termination and stunning clarity in the blue zone. THESE HAVE IMPACT in person, hard to convey in photos.