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GeneralBlue Cap tri color elbaite Sapo Brazil
4th May 2012 23:15 UTCNoah Drew
> A few years ago i received this as a thank you, from someone whom i helped out over a weekend.... as I am only an appreciator of their beauty and not a collector of any kind, i thought it looked good in my favorite planter. It stayed there forgotten for years, totally buried in the dirt. I recently re-potted the plant and there it was.... I remembered putting it there with fondness. Anyway, it has since captivated me; I thought it was jut a piece of watermelon tourmaline, I remembered the person who gave it to me, said he had gotten back from a trip to Brazil, which i believed, because he had cases full of beautiful Crystals.
> So i started searching the net, and it turns out to be a tri-colored blue cap tourmaline from the Sapo mine. I had no idea, that this guy(and i feel terrible, because i cant even remember his name), would give me such a rare crystal. it is 25mm X 14mm and weighs 14.4 grams, or 72 ct. This is not a website to advertise you goods for sale unless you would like to pay for the privilege like the other advertisers on the site. You can make a posting in our Money Grubbers forum and ask for an opinion of its value if you wish. Specimen dealers usually don't weigh or describe their specimens in grams or carats unless they are of gem quality. Your specimen is not of gem quality. -Rock Currier-moderator
> Ive attatched a few photos of decent quality.
5th May 2012 11:03 UTCRock Currier Expert
I know you will think the following comment is rude, but your crystal is not a "rare crystal". Spend a little time looking at images of tourmalines in our gallery and you may or may not come to agree with that assessment. Here is a link to page one of more than 300 pages of tourmaline specimens.
http://www.mindat.org/gallery.php?cform_is_valid=1&min=4003&cf_pager_page=1
5th May 2012 14:01 UTCNoah Drew
8th May 2012 20:00 UTCMatt Ciranni
1st Aug 2012 04:04 UTCSteve Hardinger 🌟 Expert
1st Aug 2012 04:08 UTCJim Bean 🌟
1st Aug 2012 05:57 UTCSteve Hardinger 🌟 Expert
2nd Aug 2012 04:02 UTCJim Bean 🌟
I'd love to see a few pictures of those, or a link if you have them in a gallery here on Mindat.
Thanks in advance,
Jim
2nd Aug 2012 05:49 UTCSteve Hardinger 🌟 Expert
2nd Aug 2012 12:51 UTCKelly Nash 🌟 Expert
2nd Aug 2012 13:32 UTCWayne Corwin
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