Description

Watermelon Tourmaline Cluster with Green Tourmaline measures 1.25 inches long by .5o inch high by 1 inch wide and is mounted on a base.  The specimen can be taken off the base by gently heating the glue.  The specimen weighs 18.9 grams without the base.  Specimen comes from Cruzeiro Mine, Sao Jose da Safria, Brazil.

Brazil, Nigeria, Madagascar, Afghanistan and the United States all produce watermelon tourmalines. The North American state of Maine, where the gem was first discovered at a mine in Newry in 1902, is renowned for its stunning watermelon tourmaline. In the early 1970s, a large pocket of some of the finest watermelon tourmalines ever seen was unearthed at the nearby Plumbago Gem Pit.

Brazil is also famous for its gem-quality watermelon tourmalines, with amazingly clear and vibrant colors. The most abundant sources of classic red/green watermelon tourmalines are the Araçuaí and São José da Safira regions of Minas Gerais in Brazil.