| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Mexico > Buergerite Tourmaline |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 43677 |
| Mineral: | Buergerite Tourmaline |
| Locality: | near Mexquitic, San Luis Potosi, Mexico (Type Locality for Buergerite) |
| Description: | Lustrous brown-black buergerite tourmaline crystals up to 12 mm on light-colored matrix. An excellent specimen from the type locality (the miner of this rare tourmaline died without ever divulging the exact locality). |
| Overall Size: | 5x3.5x2 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-12 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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