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Elbaite Tourmaline in Quartz and Albite from Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

 
Elbaite Tourmaline in Quartz and Albite from Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Elbaite Tourmaline in Quartz and Albite from Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Elbaite Tourmaline in Quartz and Albite from Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 72432
Mineral:Elbaite Tourmaline in Quartz and Albite
Locality:Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Lustrous transparent green gemmy elbaite tourmaline crystals in matrix of white albite microcrystals and quartz microcrystals. The elbaite tourmaline crystals fractured and were frozen in place by the surrounding matrix. From my personal collection; collected ca. 1992
Overall Size:20x19x14 mm
Crystals:3-5 mm crystal segments
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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