Elbaite Tourmaline: Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California USA

Description

Species: Elbaite Tourmaline, Albite var. Cleavelandite

Locality: Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California USA

Dimensions: 7.7 x 2.5 x 3.0 cm. 

Perfect-quality all around with hot pink color and a perfectly accenting spray of snow-white cleavelandite, this is what Himalaya mine tourmaline is all about! A stellar large doubly-terminated gem tourmaline crystal from this iconic American mineral locality, with exceptional color, transparency, and aesthetics. This is certainly in the upper quality % of what has come out of the prolific Himalaya pegmatite, and it display wonderfully in a variety of orientations. No damage whatsoever. From the noted collections of Martin Zinn III who obtained it from former owner of the mine Bill Larson. So much of what is on the market right now from this mine has poor color, damage, etc.. and high prices to boot! This is not one of those crystals, you won’t be disappointed with this one! Mark Cross photo.