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Lot 266

American Watermelon Tourmaline Bas-Relief Carving

7 December 2016, 10:00 PST
Los Angeles

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American Watermelon Tourmaline Bas-Relief Carving

Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine
By Shan Gim Wang

The color pattern here is the most intense and classic one could ask for, and it is characteristic of the best crystals from a record-setting 1972 find at this old classic locality, which was mined at the turn of the 1900s originally, and then reopened for gem mining in the 1970s by the Plumbago Mining company. San Diego lapidary, Shan Gim Wang utilized this rare American mineral for creating this mouth-watering cross-section slice of vivid, hot "bubble-gum" pink watermelon tourmaline. Carved in bas-relief to depict a duck in flight, the piece still retains a small rind of green from the original watermelon tourmaline crystal. A notable offering for the collector of American minerals. Weighing 697.0 carats (139.4 grams) and measuring 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 x 3/4in

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