Description

A very pretty specimen, with a gemmy elbaite tourmaline, in a nest of albite (var. cleavelandite), together with a sharp quartz crystal. The elbaite crystal (0.8 cm) is colour-zoned, with olive green, a narrow band of grass green, and an essentially colourless cap, including a band of blue no thicker than the width of a hair. The crystal is glassy, lustrous and sharp. It is in excellent condition – a tiny nick is visible on one edge with magnification. There is a second elbaite embedded in the cleavelandite, with only prism faces showing. The quartz crystal has two points at the termination, split a bit by an albite crystal from behind. a beautiful, bright little piece.