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Elbaite Tourmaline with Albite, Lepidolite from Strickland Quarry, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut

 
Elbaite Tourmaline with Albite, Lepidolite from Strickland Quarry, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Elbaite Tourmaline with Albite, Lepidolite from Strickland Quarry, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut

DESCRIPTION:No. 29331
Mineral:Elbaite Tourmaline with Albite, Lepidolite
Locality:Strickland Quarry, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut
Description:Several green crystals of translucent green elbaite tourmaline in albite and cleavelandite matrix. One complete crystal is fully exposed on the side. I collected this a few years before the site was converted to a golf course.
Overall Size:7x6x6 cm
Crystals:2-3 cm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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