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Elbaite Tourmaline from Dunton Quarry, Plumbago Mountain, Hall's Ridge, Newry, Oxford County, Maine

 
Elbaite Tourmaline from Dunton Quarry, Plumbago Mountain, Hall's Ridge, Newry, Oxford County, Maine

Elbaite Tourmaline from Dunton Quarry, Plumbago Mountain, Hall's Ridge, Newry, Oxford County, Maine

Elbaite Tourmaline from Dunton Quarry, Plumbago Mountain, Hall's Ridge, Newry, Oxford County, Maine

Elbaite Tourmaline from Dunton Quarry, Plumbago Mountain, Hall's Ridge, Newry, Oxford County, Maine

Elbaite Tourmaline from Dunton Quarry, Plumbago Mountain, Hall's Ridge, Newry, Oxford County, Maine

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Elbaite Tourmaline from Dunton Quarry, Plumbago Mountain, Hall's Ridge, Newry, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 76235
Mineral:Elbaite Tourmaline
Locality:Dunton Quarry, Plumbago Mountain, Hall's Ridge, Newry, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Lustrous bi-colored elbaite tourmaline crystals with smaller colorless elbaite crystals on the surfaces. The elbaite varies from deep-pink to green and both ends appear to be terminated though the bottom has remnants of glue where it was mounted. Ex. Franklin Mineral Museum (N.J.); ex. Steve Murphy collection; originally acquired from Phillip McCrillis, Plumbago Mining Co.
Overall Size:31x29x10 mm
Crystals:1-31 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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