AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Afghanistan > Elbaite Tourmaline with Lepidolite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 55526 |
Mineral: | Elbaite Tourmaline with Lepidolite |
Locality: | Nuristan Province, Afghanistan |
Description: | Lustrous transparent green elbaite tourmaline crystals to 18 mm with pale-pink lepidolite mica crystals to 1 mm. The elbaite crystals are fully crystallized on all faces with no apparent attachment point. |
Overall Size: | 3x2x1 cm |
Crystals: | 10-20 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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