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Elbaite Tourmaline and Muscovite on Quartz (Dauphiné-Law Twinned) from Galilea, Minas Gerais, Brazil

 
Elbaite Tourmaline and Muscovite on Quartz (Dauphiné-Law Twinned) from Galilea, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Elbaite Tourmaline and Muscovite on Quartz (Dauphiné-Law Twinned) from Galilea, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Elbaite Tourmaline and Muscovite on Quartz (Dauphiné-Law Twinned) from Galilea, Minas Gerais, Brazil

DESCRIPTION:No. 51855
Mineral:Elbaite Tourmaline and Muscovite on Quartz (Dauphiné-Law Twinned)
Locality:Galilea, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Description:Lustrous transparent dark-green elbaite tourmaline crystals to 18 mm long intergrown with yellow muscovite mica crystals to 1 mm on translucent gray quartz crystals to 45 mm long. The quartz has etched faces that exhibit Dauphine Law twinning.
Overall Size:8.5x6x5.5 cm
Crystals:1-45 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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