Elbaite, Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz)

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A superb combination piece from the Himalaya Mine and the Marty Zinn Collection. The gorgeous, gemmy and lustrous, 3.2 cm, polychrome tourmaline is beautifully set in the side of a pristine, complete all-around, doubly terminated, glassy, smoky quartz crystal. A tiny, purple lepidolite is a super accent. The striking tourmaline grades from cranberry-red to classic, watermelon-pink and there is even a narrow, green zone at the other termination. The pinacoidal termination is pristine. Several of the faces on the smoky quartz are contacted and lightly frosted.