Tourmaline- Água Branca pegmatite, Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Tourmaline
Água Branca pegmatite, Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Dimensions: 1.6 x 1.5 x 0.9 cm 

A beautiful natural pink Elbaite Tourmaline crystal from the Água Branca pegmatite in Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 

This crystal displays a lovely soft rose-pink coloration with subtle variations in saturation visible throughout the body. Its broad, blocky prismatic form gives the specimen a substantial appearance, while areas of translucency allow light to illuminate the crystal from within and bring out its delicate pink color.

The surface shows characteristic longitudinal tourmaline growth striations alongside naturally textured and etched areas. Internal veils, fractures, and growth features create flashes and shifting patterns as the specimen is turned in the light. One side preserves a smoother, more defined crystal face, while the reverse displays more pronounced natural growth and contact texture, giving the specimen distinctly different appearances from each viewing angle.

The Água Branca pegmatite is part of the famous gem-bearing pegmatite region of Minas Gerais and is particularly noted among collectors for producing colorful elbaite tourmalines. Pink elbaite from this locality is an excellent representation of the richly colored tourmalines for which Brazil is renowned.