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Elbaite Tourmaline in Smoky Quartz from Gillette Quarry, Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut

 
Elbaite Tourmaline in Smoky Quartz from Gillette Quarry, Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Elbaite Tourmaline in Smoky Quartz from Gillette Quarry, Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Elbaite Tourmaline in Smoky Quartz from Gillette Quarry, Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut

DESCRIPTION:No. 57888
Mineral:Elbaite Tourmaline in Smoky Quartz
Locality:Gillette Quarry, Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut
Description:Lustrous transparent bi-colored 30 mm elbaite tourmaline crystal, in the side of a lustrous transparent 50 mm smoky quartz crystal, with three partial elbaite crystals. The main elbaite crystal is green with a 8 mm yellow termination zone. Mined in 1905 by Ernest Schernikow. Ex. American Museum of Natural History #12387; traded to Conklin in 1967; ex. Bruce Jarnot collection
Overall Size:5x4x2 cm
Crystals:30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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