Tourmaline (M734)
Russia

LOCATION
Lipovka mine, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
SIZE
36 x 17 x 12 mm
DESCRIPTION
Extreme rare Tourmaline from Ural mountains. Elbaite was found around 1900, the open pit is flooeded and it´s more or less impossible to acquire anything from the locality on todays market. The crystal is shar terminated, it shows pyramidal end-points and highly lustrous faces and needs moderately backlight to expose the intense green color. No significant damages to report.