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Schorl Tourmaline from ledge above the Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

 
Schorl Tourmaline from ledge above the Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Schorl Tourmaline from ledge above the Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Schorl Tourmaline from ledge above the Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 70842
Mineral:Schorl Tourmaline
Locality:ledge above the Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Lustrous black schorl tourmaline crystals with quartz between the crystals. The schorl crystals are 12-sided prisms with three-sided pyramidal terminations. I collected this specimen many years before Frank Perham opened up the Morgan Pit on the site. From my personal collection #724; collected ca. 1994
Overall Size:40x25x20 mm
Crystals:9-18 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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