RARE COLLECTORS PARAIBA TOURMALINE SPECIMEN [S269]
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| Minimum Bid (USD) | Feedback Rating | 99.82% Positive | |
| Current Bid (USD) | 0.00 | Member Since | 19 Jul 2007 in Australia |
| Bid Increment (USD) | 2.5 |
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| Starting Bid (USD) | 220.00 | ||
| Reserve Price (USD) | none | ||
| Starts | March 18, 2010 9:25 PM | ||
| Ends | March 21, 2010 9:19 PM | Basic Shipping Information | |
| Auction Category | Mineral Specimens | Shipping Cost | 3.00 paid by buyer |
| Auction ID | 21604 | Shipping Insurance (optional) | 9.40 |
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Description
RARE Paraiba tourmaline rough specimen in its host rock
These cupriferous tourmalines from the Mina da Batalha in the Federal Brazilian State of Paraiba are small, rare and precious. Their spirited turquoise to green colours are such as are not found in any other gemstone in the world. The exclusiveness of this legendary find makes these rare gemstones real treasures.
Normally, iron, manganese, chrome and vanadium are the elements responsible for the beautiful colouring in tourmalines. The Paraiba tourmaline is different: it owes its splendid colour to copper, an element which has never before been observed in a tourmaline. Indeed quite a fair proportion of its weight consists of copper. But scientists have discovered that it often also contains manganese.
In the Paraiba tourmaline, the interplay between these two elements gives rise to a variety of fascinatingly beautiful colours: emerald green, turquoise to sky blue, sapphire blue, indigo, bluish-violet, and purple.
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<>PLEASE NOTE .We have the following sites listed below so if you pay insurance for one site we can send all the orders to gether so only pay insurance once. There is still the handling fee per item of $3.00
.At www.opalauctions.com we have the following sites
SEDAOPAL-,BOULDER MAGIC-PETERS OPAL-QUALITY OPALS-SEDA ROUGH OPAL,-VOLCANIC OPALS.
At www.gemrockauctions.com we have the following sites
SEDAGEMS-MINERALGEMWORLD-GEMS TO WEAR.
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