Tourmaline (Doubly terminated “Floater”) Amber Insect Specimen # BOL711B119

Specimen # BOL711B119

silver-grey crystallized “spray”

but some of the most unique crystals have come from this area as well

and the photos honestly do not do this piece justice as it is much more eye-catching in person

Most of the Petalites from this locality are small

Tourmaline (Doubly terminated “Floater”) Amber Insect Specimen # BOL711B119A rarely seen example of the classic black head Tourmalines from the famous Himalaya Mine in San Diego County. The piece is from the collection of my brother, Brett Kosnar, who received it as a gift from my father in 1985. As a matter of fact, a small piece of paper with my fathers collection number (RK42) can be seen glued near one of the terminations. This piece may have been mined in the 1960s or 1970s, but I honestly havent seen many of them, and