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Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline from Malchanskoye (Malkhan) pegmatite field, Chitinskaya Oblast', Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia

 
Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline from Malchanskoye (Malkhan) pegmatite field, Chitinskaya Oblast', Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia

DESCRIPTION:No. 55572
Mineral:Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline
Locality:Malchanskoye (Malkhan) pegmatite field, Chitinskaya Oblast', Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia
Description:Lustrous transparent rubellite tourmaline crystal, the pink gem variety of the mineral species elbaite tourmaline, with flat basal pinacoid termination modified with secondary edge faces.
Overall Size:15x3x3 mm
Crystals:15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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