PKMT133 Paprok Mine Tourmaline 20 This is a polished specimen

This is a polished specimen featuring colorful grey blue fading to purple

Hematoid Quartz polished pebble comes in possible shades of light red-orange to pink to deep red

it makes superb cabochons and takes an exceptional polish

Though these fossils are almost always simply called Orthoceras

Good thing this Santa used to be a rock miner

PKMT133 Paprok Mine Tourmaline 20 This is a polished specimenThe Paprok mine in Afghanistan is in the mountains of a mineralogically rich pegmatite field. Situated northeast of Jalalabad in the Nuristan Province, this area is possibly the largest tourmaline deposit in Afghanistan, and frequently produces bicolor or 'watermelon' tourmalines. This Watermelon Tourmaline crystal has a light pink center surrounded by a pale green outer ring, fading to solely green on one end. It has beautiful vertical striations and