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Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline from Black Mountain, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine

 
Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline from Black Mountain, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 24445
Mineral:Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline
Locality:Black Mountain, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Two segments of a pink tourmaline crystal frozen in lepidolite matrix. Good specimen from a famous locality (now closed) that used to export rubellite and lepidolite for carving. Ex. L. Russianoff collection
Overall Size:2x2x1.5 cm
Crystals:10 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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