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Elbaite Tourmaline from Mawi Pegmatite, Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan

 
Elbaite Tourmaline from Mawi Pegmatite, Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan

Elbaite Tourmaline from Mawi Pegmatite, Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan

Elbaite Tourmaline from Mawi Pegmatite, Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Elbaite Tourmaline from Mawi Pegmatite, Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan

DESCRIPTION:No. 50713
Mineral:Elbaite Tourmaline
Locality:Mawi Pegmatite, Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan
Description:Dense cluster of many translucent green elbaite tourmaline crystals over a base of pink elbaite that fluoresces violet under UV illumination. The elbaite crystals are striated prisms with flat basal pinacoid terminations that are transparent.
Overall Size:6x6x4 cm
Crystals:5-28 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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