Tourmaline (Var: Verdelite)

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The striated prism faces and pyramidal terminations on this very fine doubly terminated, floater tourmaline (variety verdelite) are highly lustrous and translucent. This striking older Brazilian crystal, probably from the 1960s or 1970s is complete-all-around and pristine. The back almost looks as good as the front. The basal termination was broken, healed and overgrown with matte-green tourmaline. Verdelite is a green variety of tourmaline. This specimen formerly belonged to the well-known Spanish collector Albert Botella Ripoll, part of whose collection was acquired by the Houston Museum in 1996. Weighs 99 grams.