Tourmaline (Doubly terminated “Floater”)

Tourmaline (Doubly terminated “Floater”)A rarely seen example of the classic black head Tourmalines from the famous Himalaya Mine in San Diego County. The piece is from the collection of my brother, Brett Kosnar, who received it as a gift from my father in 1985. As a matter of fact, a small piece of paper with my fathers collection number (RK42) can be seen glued near one of the terminations. This piece may have been mined in the 1960s or 1970s, but I honestly havent seen many of them, and

but the vast majority of crystals are under 1 cm

It features brownish areas of the uncommon phosphate

It is essentially crystallized all the way around

Spinel is one of the great gem minerals in the world

with the famous "Staffelite" association

The faces are still notably sharp with excellent luster

tabular hexagonal crystals of a soft lilac hue in fluorescent lighting and shows a slight color shift to more of a pale pinkish-rose hue in cool temperature LED lighting

Highly glassy “beads” of gemmy

you can’t afford to miss out on this one

but the Ferberite twin is DOUBLY TERMINATED

restorations or alterations whatsoever

This piece hosts a pair of sharp