| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Mexico > Buergerite (Fluor-buergerite) Tourmaline |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 78663 |
| Mineral: | Buergerite (Fluor-buergerite) Tourmaline |
| Locality: | near Mexquitic, San Luis Potosí, Mexico (Type Locality for Buergerite) |
| Description: | Large cluster of many lustrous brown-black buergerite tourmaline crystals on beige-colored matrix. An uncommon buergerite tourmaline specimen from the type locality (the miner of this rare tourmaline died without divulging the exact locality). Ex. David Ellis collection |
| Overall Size: | 5.5x4x3 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-7 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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