Tourmaline - Specimen Word a stony iron pallasite found

a stony iron pallasite found by two brothers searching for their camels

the original bone was buried and fossilized as minerals moved through the porous structure

while the cut face shows the preserved internal structure of the original dinosaur bone

Material: Polishing Wax

The surrounding matrix often carries iron oxides

Tourmaline - Specimen Word a stony iron pallasite foundMined from: Cruzeiro Mine, So Jos da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil Description: This one of a kind Brazilian tourmaline specimen features thick, well developed prismatic crystals set in a dense quartz matrix. The tourmaline crystals range from deep forest green to nearly black, with strong longitudinal striations and a slightly glassy to submetallic luster. Several crystals run diagonally across the piece, creating a layered, structural look rather