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Elbaite Tourmaline from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine

 
Elbaite Tourmaline from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine

Elbaite Tourmaline from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine

Elbaite Tourmaline from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine

Elbaite Tourmaline from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 81863
Mineral:Elbaite Tourmaline
Locality:Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Lustrous transparent green elbaite tourmaline crystal with complex patterns on the prism faces where it intersected another mineral that later dissolved away. The elbaite tourmaline has striated prism faces and complex termination of many thin faces. Weight: 0.6 grams. Ex. Miller collection T2458; ex. Betts #62040; from one of the oldest tourmaline mines in the U.S., first discovered in 1821
Overall Size:14x5x5 mm
Crystals:14 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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