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Elbaite Tourmaline with Muscovite from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine

 
Elbaite Tourmaline with Muscovite from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine

Elbaite Tourmaline with Muscovite from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine

Elbaite Tourmaline with Muscovite from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine

Elbaite Tourmaline with Muscovite from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 70463
Mineral:Elbaite Tourmaline with Muscovite
Locality:Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Lustrous transparent green elbaite tourmaline crystal with no attached matrix. The elbaite crystal has striated prism faces and flat basal pinacoid termination that is coated with silky white muscovite mica microcrystals. Collected ca. 2004. Weight: 1.9 grams
Overall Size:22x6x6 mm
Crystals:22 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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