PKMT121 Paprok Mine Tourmaline Selenite The face of this nodule

The face of this nodule has been cut smooth with very minimal saw marks

and blue-gray banded agate

The very back edge of the nodule shows the agate and quartz rough

and pale yellow banded agate with parallax

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PKMT121 Paprok Mine Tourmaline Selenite The face of this noduleThe Paprok mine in Afghanistan is in the mountains of a mineralogically rich pegmatite field. Situated northeast of Jalalabad in the Nuristan Province, this area is possibly the largest tourmaline deposit in Afghanistan, and frequently produces bicolor or 'watermelon' tourmalines. This conjoined Watermelon Tourmaline crystal has a bright pink center with a translucent green outer ring, fading into a green cap. It has beautiful vertical striations and