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    Posted 10 years ago

    Jono
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    Here are some of my tourmaline crystals. The first one is a 7.5C green, second two are blue and the last group is an assortment of colors.

    Tourmaline is classified as a semi-precious stone and the gemstone comes in a wide variety of colors. The name comes from the Sinhalese word "Thuramali" or "Thoramalli", which applied to different gemstones found in Sri Lanka.

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    1. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 10 years ago
      As a teenager, we used to mine this in a small pit in N. AL We didn't find much but the quality was really good. Always happy when we found a crystal. Nice piece this & about the size we would find when we would spend hrs or days finding nothing. Ours were usually a faint green. Good memories of youth. Thanks.
    2. Dan121156 Dan121156, 10 years ago
      Very cool Jono.. Around where I live, all we see is JAR... (just another rock).. :-)

    3. Jono Jono, 10 years ago
      My Aunt paid .50 for a very large on at a yard sale. I'll try and post it this weekend.
    4. Jono Jono, 10 years ago
      Thank you for the loves Manikin, Dan121156 and blunderbuss

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