AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Pakistan > Elbaite-Schorl Tourmaline with Albite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 81266 |
Mineral: | Elbaite-Schorl Tourmaline with Albite |
Locality: | Stak Nala, Skardu Road, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
Description: | Several lustrous tourmaline crystals to 30 mm running through translucent white albite crystals to 10 mm. The tourmaline crystals are mostly the black iron-rich species schorl, but the upper terminations are the green lithium-rich species elbaite. |
Overall Size: | 3.2x2.5x2 cm |
Crystals: | 2-30 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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