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Lot 1263
Multi-color Tourmaline
27 May 2010, 13:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$4,270 inc. premium
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Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Showing three distinct zones of color graduating from deep rose at the top to indicolite at the center and bottle green at the base, this fine elbaite specimen is a classic, from 1980s finds in Brazil. It is hard to describe the quality of this piece, which kept it in a major US collection until recently, of a noted gem crystal collector. weighs 149.89cts (29.98 grams)
and measures 5.5 x 1.7 x 11.6 cm.
Offered on a custom-fitted acrylic base.
Showing three distinct zones of color graduating from deep rose at the top to indicolite at the center and bottle green at the base, this fine elbaite specimen is a classic, from 1980s finds in Brazil. It is hard to describe the quality of this piece, which kept it in a major US collection until recently, of a noted gem crystal collector. weighs 149.89cts (29.98 grams)
and measures 5.5 x 1.7 x 11.6 cm.
Offered on a custom-fitted acrylic base.
Footnotes
Provenance: Ex Dr Stephen Smale Collection (winner of the Wolff Medal for Mathematics).

