Tourmaline (Doubly terminated “Floater”) Amber Insect silver-grey crystallized “spray”

silver-grey crystallized “spray”

which give way to a stunning teal/blue color that mixes into an inky purple color (almost black) in the center

Specimen # BOL711B119

with good crystal form

Specimen # CUAUS72007

Tourmaline (Doubly terminated “Floater”) Amber Insect silver-grey crystallized “spray”A rarely seen example of the classic black head Tourmalines from the famous Himalaya Mine in San Diego County. The piece is from the collection of my brother, Brett Kosnar, who received it as a gift from my father in 1985. As a matter of fact, a small piece of paper with my fathers collection number (RK42) can be seen glued near one of the terminations. This piece may have been mined in the 1960s or 1970s, but I honestly havent seen many of them, and