TOURMALINE QUARTZ POINT FROM MADAGASCAR 19.4 CTS [MX499]

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Current Bid (USD)	0.00	Member Since	September 1, 2007 in Australia
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Starting Bid (USD)	14.99
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Starts	January 8, 2009 5:05 PM
Ends	January 9, 2009 5:00 PM	Basic Shipping Information
Auction Category	Tourmaline Gemstones > Stones	Shipping Cost	3.00 paid by buyer
Auction ID	59873	Shipping Insurance (optional)	7.00
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Description

TOURMALINE QUARTZ POINT.

Quartz is one of the most common minerals on the earth.This quartz has green/black needles of tourmalines making it a interesting item.

Weight 19.4 cts

Size 35x8 x8 mm app

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.