Tourmaline
at-auction$ 20
- Locality
- Santa Rosa Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Dimensions
- 4 x 2 x 1.5 cm
- Size class
- Miniature
- SID
- M556
Translucent to transparent blue Tourmaline that grades up to a red termination. Complete all around and weighs 25.9 grams. The termination faces are smooth and lustrous while the prism faces are striated. I was just at the Tucsons how and saw Brazilians selling good Tourmaline for $50-$150 gram, which would make this a $1300 crystal even at the low end of that price scale. This is an old crystal out of an old collection built in the 1970s-80s and this color combo is uncommon to find now.