Elbaite

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A beautiful, gemmy and lustrous, parallel-growth, "red-tip," polychrome tourmaline from the Cruzeiro Mine. The translucent, cranberry-red, pyramidal and pinacoidal termination grades downward to a very gemmy, blue-gray-green at the base. This crystal is exceptional, in that the cranberry-red extends much further down the crystal than usually seen. It is complete-all-around and pristine. This is classic, old, 1960s-1970s material from this renowned locale. Ex. Steve Smale Collection. Weighs 10 grams.