Tourmaline oxide and as you can see

and as you can see from the photos

Specimen # BOL711B262

It shows a wonderfully strong red hue with rich orange overtones and looks great in any kind of light

Even compared to other Burmese Petalites I've seen

Tourmaline oxide and as you can seeTourmalines are among the most diverse and popular gems in the world. They're one of the few gems that occur in natural bicolor multi colored stones. A small percentage of the top gem Tourmalines on the market today are from Nigeria and remain as some of the most attractive examples of ever found. Here we have a magnificently impressive and notably large world class Tourmaline gem from the limited finds at Ogbomosho, Nigeria in the 1990s. This