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Tourmaline (Blue Cap)
This piece is from the edge of the famous Blue Cap pocket in the 1970s, what we in San Diego called affectionately the greycap pocket. It is a faint blue in color a tthe termination, but really more a mix of pale green and lavender with a colorless zone atop that gives the illusions of the hint of blue. This piece is a very robust single crystal, complete all around but for a small ding on one corner. Part of the value of these pieces also lays in the intense pink core, which was traditionally often used for carving rough
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Species
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions5.6 x 5.1 x 4.1 cm
Locality
Added on10/23/2024
Comments
Known provenance
2024/08
Unknown Owner
Not disclosed—Species and Locality Wiki Pages
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