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Elbaite Tourmaline in Lepidolite-Quartz from Havey Quarry, Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine

 
Elbaite Tourmaline in Lepidolite-Quartz from Havey Quarry, Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine

Elbaite Tourmaline in Lepidolite-Quartz from Havey Quarry, Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine

Elbaite Tourmaline in Lepidolite-Quartz from Havey Quarry, Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine

Elbaite Tourmaline in Lepidolite-Quartz from Havey Quarry, Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine

Elbaite Tourmaline in Lepidolite-Quartz from Havey Quarry, Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine

Elbaite Tourmaline in Lepidolite-Quartz from Havey Quarry, Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine

Elbaite Tourmaline in Lepidolite-Quartz from Havey Quarry, Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 80453
Mineral:Elbaite Tourmaline in Lepidolite-Quartz
Locality:Havey Quarry, Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine
Description:Double-sided specimen with many lustrous transparent green elbaite tourmaline segments frozen in matrix composed of white quartz and pale-pink lepidolite. One elbaite crystal has a cuttable portion that could produce a 4 mm gemstone. Ex. Miller #M3621; collected by Jeff Morrison
Overall Size:11x7x4.5 cm
Crystals:1-15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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