Elbaite

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The 1997 find of blue-cap tourmalines at the Sapo Mine has become a classic and "very few clusters" were recovered, according to the recent article in the Mineralogical Record. This excellent and aesthetic cluster features crystals with four colors: dark blue terminations; a lighter blue zone; a yellow zone; and the main part of the crystals are pink. The pink core is sheathed in blue, so these can be called "watermelon." Most of the crystals have contacted, though undamaged, terminations. But the major termination and the doubly-terminated crossbar upon it are both intact and pristine. The primary, 3.7 cm crystal, has the classic, very glassy, dark blue termination. Very highly representative and rare from this famous find.