Tourmaline with Stilbite (Doubly terminated)A classic example of the famous Himalaya Tourmalines mined in the 1970s by Pala International. This piece is a robust, sharp, doubly terminated, lustrous, gemmy, multicolor prism with a partial cap on one end of white bladed Stilbite! Yes, thats right, a Zeolite species in this famous granitic pegmatite locality. Only a small percentage of Himalaya Tourmalines are associated with Stilbite, and they are admired by collectors for the unusual

but the central portion of crystals are undamaged and very fun to view up close

This particular style is rarely seen in Amazonite and makes for a lovely color contrast

lustrous and well-formed with classic "sword"-shaped pyramidal terminations

then a stark black zone on the pyramidal termination on the other end

The piece features not one

This piece was collected in the late 1970s – early 1980s and remained in a private collection for decades

Specimen #SPINEL111903

weighing in at a noteworthy 1

You can see one of the “fingers” on the side of the piece shows the thin prismatic form that once was an Anhydrite crystal

The main crystal is not only well-terminated

and a top tier thumbnail for any collector

but it’s such a great rarity to have colorful