Elbaite

A beautiful, gemmy and lustrous, parallel-growth, rose-red tourmaline crystal with an achroite layer and a thin cap of blue, just below the termination. The termination is frosted and lightly etched. This PRISTINE beauty is from the famous Queen Mine and was SELF-COLLECTED by Ed Ruggiero on New Years Eve, 1975! The collecting history fills both sided of his 3x5 card. Hefty at 154 grams! THIS IS ONE OF THOSE FAMOUS BLUECAPS!

Locality

USA, California, Tourmaline Queen Mine

Species

Tourmaline, Elbaite

SizeMiniature

Comments

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Owner

Price

Note

2024/08

Unknown

Not disclosed

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The Arkenstone

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2024/08UnknownNot disclosed—

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