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The colors in this tourmaline are incredible. The base of the crystal starts with a pale blue/green which turns to a pink color in the center of the crystal. A slightly more intense blue green follows and leads to the ultimate thin cap of blue. The crystal is transparent. Overall length of this crystal is 3.9 cm. It comes fromPederneira Mine, Sao Jose do Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It was original purchased by a private collector in the mid 80’s.

This specimen is a classic from Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego Co., California, USA. As shown in the photos it varies from pink to green and is translucent. Both ends of the crystal are terminated. There are three small groups of lavender/pink lepidolite on the crystal. It was recently acquired from a private collection in California.

Very showy larger specimen from Bou Baker, Oriental Region, Morocco. Matrix face is covered with pink dolomite crystals. Gypsum balls containing lime green devilline are scattered across the dolomite.

Multiple hexagonal crystals up to 1.0cm are scattered across the display face. The surface contour has good depth adding to the aesthetics of the piece. This specimen is from Swat Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Impressive 7.5cm long stalactite with multiple calcite crystals projecting off the surface. The specimen is undamaged and from Wenshan, Yunnan Province, China.

I found this specimen is a small rock shop in Rolla, Missouri. We stopped there on our recent trip to California. The store is closing and the owner pulled this out of his old basement stock. It is from The Navidad Mine, Rodeo Municipality, Durango Mexico. (yes this is the same location that many wonderful credits have come from).The fluorites are pale lavender/purple translucent octahedral crystals. They sit and display nicely across the matrix. The largest crystal is approximately 2.0 x 1.8 cm.