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Tourmaline (bent!)

Tourmaline (bent!)

at-auction
Locality
Stak Nala, Skardu, Pakistan
Dimensions
4.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm
Size class
Miniature
SID
P863

Single Tourmaline with attached Albite crystals.  The crystal has a distinct bend caused by natural processes of fracturing and healing in the pegmatite pocket.  Some are only slightly perceptable - this one is obvious, a really great example.  The Tourmaline has a transparent yellow, triangular pyramidal termination. The bottom of the crystal breaks up into multiple small crystals, but is also fully terminated - it's a complete undamaged floater.  One of my favorite crystals out of a large group purchased.