TOURMALINE var RUBELLITE
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12.1cm x 3cm x 2.7cmEx. Graw Collection
A superb Rubellite from the famous 1978 find at the Jonas Mine in Brazil. The Tourmaline is the desirable cranberry red colour, transparent with some fluid inclusions as Rubellites tend to have. The Tourmaline has a flat basal pinacoid termination with modified bevelled corners, bright lustre with fine striations along the length. The legendary Rubellite pocket was discovered on Good Friday of 1978 and is considered the most valuable pocket of Tourmaline ever found. It was uncovered in literarly the last week of mining when funding had run out, also making it one of the luckiest, and the find is surrounded by tales of armed guards and poisonous snakes.
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Date added: 16th June 2011
