Detailed information
Dimensions
75 x 23 x 18
mm
Locality
Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta Jequitinhonha Valley Minas Gerais, Brazil
Condition
No recorded repairs
7.5 cm of pure, glowing vibrant colour, that is what this wonderful Brazilian gem Elbaite tourmaline from Barra do Salinas at Coronel Murta, Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais provides. Off-matrix, this single gem crystal is probably what one would call - Indicolite - with an acid green and teal-blue base, passing upwards through a broad acid lime-green body into deeper bottle-green, then teal-blue-green and into a deeper, very dark bottle-green tip. With excellent translucency these colours come alive with directional lighting and it has a fine traditional tourmaline-style sloping termination and excellent parallel growth lines up its length. Ex Jesse Fisher and Joan Kureczka Collection.
