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Elbaite Tourmaline in Quartz pseudomorphs after unknown from Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

 
Elbaite Tourmaline in Quartz pseudomorphs after unknown from Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Elbaite Tourmaline in Quartz pseudomorphs after unknown from Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Elbaite Tourmaline in Quartz pseudomorphs after unknown from Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Elbaite Tourmaline in Quartz pseudomorphs after unknown from Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Elbaite Tourmaline in Quartz pseudomorphs after unknown from Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 71582
Mineral:Elbaite Tourmaline in Quartz pseudomorphs after unknown
Locality:Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Lustrous transparent green elbaite crystals in the end of quartz pseudomorphs after an unknown mineral with overgrowth of transparent quartz crystals to 2 mm. Studies of these pseudomorphs suggest pollucite, topaz or albite as the original mineral. From my personal collection; collected ca. 1989
Overall Size:4.5x2.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:1-4 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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