Name:
Elbaite Tourmaline var. Cat's Eye Verdellite
Location: Pederneira Mine, Lavra de Pederneira, San Jose do Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: Specimen is 44 mm tall
A very fine "pencil" of intense gemmy green to blue-green elbaite prism with a pyramidal termination. Inclusions in the bottom 1.5 cm of the crystal give it a "cats eye" chatoyancy.
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