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Elbaite Tourmaline from Plumbago Mountain, Newry, Oxford County, Maine

 
Elbaite Tourmaline from Plumbago Mountain, Newry, Oxford County, Maine

Elbaite Tourmaline from Plumbago Mountain, Newry, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 21318
Mineral:Elbaite Tourmaline
Locality:Plumbago Mountain, Newry, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Part of the wall of the famous tourmaline pocket discovered in 1972. A single elbaite tourmaline crystal 37 mm long surrounded by platy albite crystals on matrix of purple lepidolite. The tourmaline has a pink core and pale-green outer layer. Ex. P. Santillo
Overall Size:6x3x3 cm
Crystals:4-37 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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