Tourmaline (Unusual Bicolor)

Tourmaline (Unusual Bicolor)This Tourmaline gem is a great example of the less common material from Nigeria featuring a strange bi color appearance with a mix of pinkish orange and tan or beige hues depending upon the light. The gem shows a decent amount of pleochroism as well so you can find a different color from every direction. It's nearly eye clean with only one small inclusion that I can see with the naked eye. This is a special kind of collector's stone, as the coloring

This piece is a good quality

Specimen # CUAUS72003

This fine small cabinet sized specimen features a coverage of beautiful

pinkish-purple

Specimen # BOL711B146

the famous Ohio Mine in the Ouray Amphitheater has produced some of the finest in the world

white to off-white color Hopeite crystals which vary in habit from slender “blades” to incredibly well-formed blocky orthorhombic crystals

Apparently

so don't miss this chance to snag this incredibly hard to find gem

Specimen # BOL711B010

Only a very small percentage of the Augelites from Machacamarca are found in twinned crystals

lustrous bronze colored octahedron of the Microlite Group (most likely Fluornatromicrolite) is wedged between the Albite and Microcline on the reverse side of the specimen