AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Maine > Elbaite Tourmaline in Petalite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 52528 |
Mineral: | Elbaite Tourmaline in Petalite |
Locality: | Mount Marie Quarry, 7.5 km southeast of Paris Hill, Oxford County, Maine |
Description: | Translucent green elbaite crystals embedded in crystalline white petalite, a rare ore of lithium. The elbaite tourmaline crystals are in tapered sprays of radiating crystals. |
Overall Size: | 9x5x4.5 cm |
Crystals: | 20-30 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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