Tourmaline sphere with only a little roughness

with only a little roughness near the base of the piece where it detached from the pocket wall

The amazing diversity and plethora of species is staggering and remains the number one destination for a lot of collectors in the hobby

You can see a bit of a golden hue on the edges when the crystals are backlit

It's rare enough to find THREE twins on matrix like this

have been the best pieces from this discovery

Tourmaline sphere with only a little roughnessA superb, pristine, miniature size multicolor crystal with an attractive pyramidal termination, TOP glassy luster and excellent gemminess. Afghanistan (particularly Paprok) has truly produced some of the most attractive Tourmaline specimens around for the last 25 years or so, and they have really held their own against Tourmalines from other world localities. This crystal has a beautiful colorless "Achroite" termination that occupies over 50% of the