Chameleon Pocket, Cruzeiro Flat Top Tourmaline

Tourmaline
Chameleon Pocket, Cruzeiro
Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.8x1.5x1.7cm
23.5g
1x professional repair 
Multi colored Elbaite flat top Tourmaline, from a famous pocket uncovered in the Aricanga Pegmatite, found using a Cruzeiro Mine tunnel. Robust, cherry red base with a vibrant green termination. This tourmaline has a fully crystallized contact point (key), where it grew against another termination. It also has a small grouping of Lepidolite at the base. There is a single professional repair near the bottom of the specimen. Over 90% percent of the tourmaline from this pocket were repaired.