About Tourmaline Crystal Slice
Tourmaline Crystal Slice distills the polished cross-section of watermelon tourmaline — a manganese-pink rubellite core ringed by a chromium-green verdelite rind — as it appeared in Max Bauer's 1896 Edelsteinkunde. The specimen rests on black gem-tray velvet, the documented dark presentation ground of the period gem plate.
Concentric mineral bands, engraved litho line work, tissue-guarded plate sheen, and restrained Garamond serifs translate that scientific-jewel aesthetic into a dark, jewel-toned digital system.
- Origin
- Western Europe (German mineralogy publishing)
- Era
- pre-1900 (Max Bauer, Edelsteinkunde, Leipzig 1896; 19th-c. mineralogical plate tradition)
- Key figures
- Max Hermann Bauer · period chromolithographers · Anjanabonoina specimen tradition
- Movements
- Victorian scientific mineralogy · natural-history chromolithography · Garamond-family plate typography
Tourmaline Crystal Slice design spec
Colors
Typography
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