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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 53972 |
| Mineral: | Elbaite Tourmaline |
| Locality: | Pederneira Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Description: | Transparent-to-translucent bi-colored elbaite tourmaline crystals with striated prism faces and flat basal pinacoid terminations. The elbaite crystals are blue-gray color in the lower portions with deep pink color at the terminations. |
| Overall Size: | 5x1.5x1 cm |
| Crystals: | 18-50 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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