Pink Tourmaline on Quartz SS

Pink Tourmaline on Quartz crystal ss. There are several opaque purpleish pink tourmaline crystals on a quartz matrix that is about 2.5 inches x 1.5 inches. This specimen was found in Nigeria.

Tourmaline Crystals are popular as gemstones and with mineral collectors around the world. Not one mineral but a group of boron silicate minerals that share crystal structue and many of the same physical properties, but with a variety of chemical formulas.