Tourmaline Var. Uvite

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A crystal of note, this example far exceeds any that I have encountered from this locality. The color is a dark chocolate hue (not dull at all), with nice translucency when strongly illuminated. The luster is superb, especially for a uvite of this size. The striated sides, and the sharp, triangular termination all come together to produce a truly aesthetic tourmaline specimen from a rare locality, with a distinguished provenance. Contacted at bottom and around some sides of the periphery, only. from the well known Vladimir Pelipenko Collection #4811. 659 grams