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: 1.5 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm 

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

This crystal displays a bright rose-pink coloration with subtle variations in saturation throughout the prism. One of its standout features is its clarity: several areas are remarkably transparent, allowing a clear view into the crystal and highlighting its internal growth structures, delicate veils, and reflective fractures.

The prismatic faces preserve prominent longitudinal growth striations, while the upper end shows a partially preserved natural termination with stepped growth features around its edges. Viewed from different angles, the crystal alternates between glassy transparent windows and more textured areas that scatter the light into bright flashes.

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.