SLICED WATERMELON TOURMALINE AAA QUALITY 7CTS SG-195

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Minimum Bid (USD)		Feedback Rating	100.00% Positive
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Starting Bid (USD)	70.00
Reserve Price (USD)	none
Starts	November 20, 2009 3:05 PM
Ends	November 22, 2009 3:00 PM	Basic Shipping Information
Auction Category	Tourmaline Gemstones	Shipping Cost	3.00 paid by buyer
Auction ID	135831	Shipping Insurance (optional)	5.00
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Description

WATERMELON

TOURMALINE SLICE

BRAZIL

HIGH QUALITY CRYSTAL

WOULD LOOK VERY ELEGANT SET IN JEWELRY

SIZE: 14 X 12 X 3 APPROX

WEIGHT: 7 CTS APPROX

Tourmaline is a crystal silicate mineral compounded with elements such as aluminium, iron, magnesium, sodium, lithium, or potassium. Tourmaline gem stones come in a wide variety of colors.Tourmaline has a variety of colors. Usually, iron-rich tourmalines are black to bluish-black to deep brown, while magnesium-rich varieties are brown to yellow, and lithium-rich tourmalines are almost any color: blue, green, red, yellow, pink etc. Rarely, it is colorless. Bi-colored and multicolored crystals are common, reflecting variations of fluid chemistry during crystallisation. Crystals may be green at one end and pink at the other, or green on the outside and pink inside: this type is called watermelon tourmaline. Some forms of tourmaline are dichroic, in that they change color when viewed from different directions