Tourmaline
Pech, Kunar Province, Nuristan, Afghanistan
83mm x 23mm x 21mm
A sharp, pristine, complete-all-around crystal with an unusually intense pastel green color sitting atop an almost achroite (colorless) stalk. The top half is particularly transparent and gemmy. A special color , combined with unusually good color saturation, makes this piece distinctly Afghani in style but better than most similar crystals from there. This is from the same pocket as the above specimen, although twice the mass and thickness, so less transparent to the camera's eye although equally transparent to the human eye, in person. 89 grams. Joe Budd Photos.From: The Arkenstone
Ref: TUC12-636
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