Blue and pink tourmaline crystal

[Barrett]

Blue rind pink center..don't see that to often in tourmaline..one of the rarest color combos there is..2.66ct  sorry hoose to small for a cab..well maybe..hmm

[mehoose]

Gimme 
See a saweet cab outa that.

[Barrett]

One that I cut the end off and hit with the 1500..actually this crystal and the one above i extracted from matrix..they were both completely encased in quartz with just the end barely peeking above the surface..took the ole' estwing to it...another pink center blue rind tourmaline 8.76ct.






Now this one was attached to a much larger piece of feldpar and quartz about 10 times a big as the chunk in the pic..I took the estwing to it and got rid of the quartz to just leave the feldspar..all you could see was a chunk/blob peeking through one side and just a little sliver peeking through on the opposite end of the feldspar...figured this puppy must go all the way through..then took my diamond picks and slowly worked away at the feldspar to completely free one side of the crystal..it's a blue tourmaline with pink center joined by a blue tourmaline with a green center
Here it is before prepping with feldspar pretty much covering the whole crystal


After prepping..as you can see much more of the crystal is exposed..have to be very careful as many paraiba tourmalines are not nice solid crystals..i had to leave the feldspr in certain places for aesthetic appeal and for structural integrity..especially in the natural fractures in the crystal.




some closeups..showing the pink, blue, and green

[Flint]

Nice stone/s.  Quote "leave the feldspar . . .  for structural integrity" unquote.

I have some ruby cabs like that. Lead glass holding them togeather. 

[Barrett]

sorry about the pic sizes folks..hey flint I miss your comments ..you need to pop in more..any new sapphires in your future?

[Flint]

G'day.  Nothing in particular,  perhaps anything different to what I have that pops up cheap.

I will get a piece of Dendritic Agate one day, one with a nice scene in it.
I'll give you that your Amethysts look terrific, but gotta hold back a bit for food and ammo etc.
John L.

[mehoose]

Amguy thanks for sharing. That's just AWSUM. Cool narnies