Elbaite, Quartz

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This gloriously colorful specimen is complete ALL around. It features a fat, juicy tourmaline measuring 8.5 x 3 x 3 at the base and 3.5 x 3.5 near the more splayed termination (i.e. It gets wider at the top). Note the very UNUSUAL hints of blue color at the termination, which is very uncommon for a Paprok piece. In person, its quite evident and a bit more gemmy and translucent, if not transparent. The association makes it special....a good association without the clunky matrix you often see AND there is no repair to the matrix. There is one repair about midway through the tourmaline, but obviously its in context of a spectacular and rather large piece, and doesn't detract visually. 9 x 7.5 x 5.8 cm