| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from California > Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with Lepidolite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 57465 |
| Mineral: | Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with Lepidolite |
| Locality: | Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California |
| Description: | Doubly-terminated lustrous transparent rubellite tourmaline crystal, the pink gem variety of elbaite tourmaline, with thin green zone on one end. Three rosettes to 10 mm of pink lepidolite crystals are on the prism faces of the rubellite crystal. |
| Overall Size: | 4.5x2x1.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-45 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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