Tourmaline & Quartz, Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California

Product Code: t66

Stock Level: 1

Price: $199.99
Tourmaline & Quartz
Himalaya Mine
Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California
3.0 cm x 1.68 cm x 1.2 cm
ex. The Collector
ex. David Zobqiw coll.
 
Here is a wonderful large thumbnail specimen from this famous Tourmaline mine.
Purchased in 1986, comes with an early "The Collector" label.
Here is a single, double terminated crystal of "watermelon" tourmaline.
The amazing crystal growth was interrupted by cleavelandite and quartz, 
then continued forming smaller and cleaner with no green outer layer, only very clean pink.
It has perfect top and bottom terminations.
A second generation of quartz formed against the top section, which is also double terminated.
A very beautiful and interesting specimen.