AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Brazil > Elbaite Tourmaline and Lepidolite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 51862 |
Mineral: | Elbaite Tourmaline and Lepidolite |
Locality: | Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Description: | Lustrous transparent bi-colored elbaite tourmaline crystals to 32 mm on white albite with elongated pale-purple lepidolite crystals to 10 mm. The elbaite tourmaline crystals are green-gray with pink terminations and striated crystal faces. |
Overall Size: | 4.5x4.5x3 cm |
Crystals: | 1-32 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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