TOURMALINE IN QUARTZ SPECIMEN 152CARATS MY T 827

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Starts December 26, 2009 9:05 PM
Ends December 29, 2009 9:00 PM Basic Shipping Information
Auction Category Tourmaline Gemstones > Tourmaline Specimens Shipping Cost 3.00 paid by buyer
Auction ID 145906 Shipping Insurance (optional) 7.00

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TOURMALINE  IN  QUARTZ SPECIMEN 

SPECIMEN SIZE 40 x 28x 25

SOURCE BRAZIL

THIS IS A TOURMALINE IN ITS NATURAL HOST ROCK.

 THIS SPECIMEN WAS MINED IN BARZIL.

TOURMALINE HAS A WIDE VARITY OF COLORS.

USUALLY, IRON-RICH TOURMALINES ARE BLACK TO BLUISH-BLACK TO DEEP BROWN, WHILE MAGNESIUM-RICH VARIETIES ARE BROWN AND YELLOW, AND LITHIUM-RICH TOURMALINES ARE PRACTICALLY ANY COLOR: BLUE, GREEN, RED YELLOW, AND PINK ETC. RARELY IT IS COLOURLESS. BI-COLORED AND MUTLICOLORED CRYSTALS ARE RELATIVELY COMMON. REFLECTING VARIATIONS OF FLUID CHEMISTRY DURING CRYSTALLISATION. CRYSTALS MAY BE GREEN AT ONE END AND PINK AT EH OTHER, OUR GREEN ON THE OUTSIDE AND PINK INSIDE: THIS TYPE IS CALLED WATERMELLON TOURMALINE. SOME FORMS OF TOURMALINE ARE DICHROIC, IN THAT THEY APPEAR TO CHANGE COLOR WHEN VIEWED FROM DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.

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Member Bid Time & Date
ghp6924 10.00 December 28, 2009 3:12:52 AM

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