$650Median
34Sold (12 mo)
$300Last sale
Tourmaline from Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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A delicate and very attractive looking Tourmaline crystal, 5.5 cm long and roughly half-coated along its full length with tiny, sub-mm platy crystals of Lepidolite mica. From Virgem da Lapa in the Jequitinhonha valley of Minas Gerais, Brazil, the Tourmaline is a uniform limey mid bottle-green, highly translucent, with striated prism faces and a bright glassy lustre. The Lepidolite, although silver-white, appears an attractive light tan due to iron staining around the peripheral crystal edges. Near to the base, a single, colourless half-hexagonal crystal of Cleavelandite protrudes, this being the platy variety of Albite feldspar.
Product details
SpeciesTourmalineMicaLepidolite
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions1.4 x 5.9 x 1.3 cm
Added on10/24/2024
LocalityBrazil, Minas Gerais, Virgem da Lapa
Current owner
Unknown Owner
- Acquired
- Feb 2025
- Price paid
- $700.00
Previous owners
| Date | Collector | Acquisition price |
|---|---|---|
| — | Crystal Classics | Not disclosed |
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