Tourmaline (Tricolor) Ludlamite I was impressed when I

I was impressed when I saw this piece as the sheer aesthetics are almost unheard of for the material

An attractive little Bournonite group hosting a pair of intergrown

The crystals glow with color when backlit and show thin black internal "phantoms"

The piece has a coating of a secondary clay mineral that cannot be removed

Tourmaline (Tricolor) Ludlamite I was impressed when ITourmalines are one of the few gems that occur in natural bi color or tri color stones. This beautiful stone was cut from a crystal found nearly 40 years ago in Brazil. The stone shows a wonderful pink color on one end, with a rich green color on the other end and a beautiful colorless thin "Achroite" zone in the middle. This gem has a very slight amount of inclusions, which are difficult to see with the naked eye, but remember that Tourmaline is