Elbaite

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This beautiful, doubly-terminated "gem pencil" has a striking color combination with a very thin bluish-purple "cap" that grades into a gem quality colorless ("Achroite") zone which gives way to a stunning teal/blue color that mixes into an inky purple color which ends with a virtually black (very dark purplish-blue color) at the base and has another colorless termination on the other end. For a smaller Tourmaline crystal, this one is very unique and eye-catching. To the best of my knowledge, the find of these crystals was very limited and I have not seen any of them available from the Pakistani dealers for months now. From Gochalay, near Shengus.