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Elbaite Tourmaline with Wardite from Pirineus Mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

 
Elbaite Tourmaline with Wardite from Pirineus Mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Elbaite Tourmaline with Wardite from Pirineus Mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Elbaite Tourmaline with Wardite from Pirineus Mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Elbaite Tourmaline with Wardite from Pirineus Mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Elbaite Tourmaline with Wardite from Pirineus Mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

DESCRIPTION:No. 37005
Mineral:Elbaite Tourmaline with Wardite
Locality:Pirineus Mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Description:Many bi-colored elbaite tourmaline crystals embedded in (or intergrown with) tan-colored wardite crystals. The elbaite tourmaline crystals are pink to green, translucent and none are terminated (the result of post-formation pocket rupture).
Overall Size:7x6x2.5 cm
Crystals:2-15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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