Tourmaline, Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu, DR Congo
Size: 4.5x1.9x1.7cm
Weight: 25.5 grams
Mineral: Tourmaline
Locality: Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu, DR Congo
Description: This is one of my personal favorites. A stunning blue grading to green in the middle with a red bottom and a pink complex termination on the tip! The specimen is the only one like it that I have ever seen come from this area. A truly beautiful oddity from this locality.
For the past several decades the Congo has produced tourmalines from a number of localities (Laurs et al., 2004, Henn, 2010; Laurs 2015). Usually, these specimens were from weathered deposits produced as by products industrial mineral mining and were not of gem quality (The Journal of Gemology Volume 35 / No. 8 / 2017). Recently in the past several years there has been a concerted effort to specifically mine gem grade specimens in areas such as the Rubaya Pegmatite District. I am very happy to say that in my humble opinion Rubaya is now producing some of the finest contemporary tourmalines available on the market. The color, clarity, and sharp complex terminations are simply astonishing.
Please feel free to contact me for more photos or videos of the specimen.
Size: 4.5x1.9x1.7cm
Weight: 25.5 grams
Mineral: Tourmaline
Locality: Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu, DR Congo
Description: This is one of my personal favorites. A stunning blue grading to green in the middle with a red bottom and a pink complex termination on the tip! The specimen is the only one like it that I have ever seen come from this area. A truly beautiful oddity from this locality.
For the past several decades the Congo has produced tourmalines from a number of localities (Laurs et al., 2004, Henn, 2010; Laurs 2015). Usually, these specimens were from weathered deposits produced as by products industrial mineral mining and were not of gem quality (The Journal of Gemology Volume 35 / No. 8 / 2017). Recently in the past several years there has been a concerted effort to specifically mine gem grade specimens in areas such as the Rubaya Pegmatite District. I am very happy to say that in my humble opinion Rubaya is now producing some of the finest contemporary tourmalines available on the market. The color, clarity, and sharp complex terminations are simply astonishing.
Please feel free to contact me for more photos or videos of the specimen.
Size: 4.5x1.9x1.7cm
Weight: 25.5 grams
Mineral: Tourmaline
Locality: Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu, DR Congo
Description: This is one of my personal favorites. A stunning blue grading to green in the middle with a red bottom and a pink complex termination on the tip! The specimen is the only one like it that I have ever seen come from this area. A truly beautiful oddity from this locality.
For the past several decades the Congo has produced tourmalines from a number of localities (Laurs et al., 2004, Henn, 2010; Laurs 2015). Usually, these specimens were from weathered deposits produced as by products industrial mineral mining and were not of gem quality (The Journal of Gemology Volume 35 / No. 8 / 2017). Recently in the past several years there has been a concerted effort to specifically mine gem grade specimens in areas such as the Rubaya Pegmatite District. I am very happy to say that in my humble opinion Rubaya is now producing some of the finest contemporary tourmalines available on the market. The color, clarity, and sharp complex terminations are simply astonishing.
Please feel free to contact me for more photos or videos of the specimen.
