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Jeremejevite in Foitite-Elbaite Tourmaline from Ameib Farm, Usakos, NE of Swakopmund, Erongo Region, Namibia

 
Jeremejevite in Foitite-Elbaite Tourmaline from Ameib Farm, Usakos, NE of Swakopmund, Erongo Region, Namibia

Jeremejevite in Foitite-Elbaite Tourmaline from Ameib Farm, Usakos, NE of Swakopmund, Erongo Region, Namibia

Jeremejevite in Foitite-Elbaite Tourmaline from Ameib Farm, Usakos, NE of Swakopmund, Erongo Region, Namibia

DESCRIPTION:No. 68513
Mineral:Jeremejevite in Foitite-Elbaite Tourmaline
Locality:Ameib Farm, Usakos, NE of Swakopmund, Erongo Region, Namibia
Description:Sculptural formation of convoluted fine-grained foitite-elbaite tourmaline microcrystals with an elongated cavity formed when the enclosed jeremejevite crystal were almost completely dissolved resulting in scattered etched jeremejevite crystals.
Overall Size:5.5x2.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 10 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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