AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Mexico > Buergerite Tourmaline |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 37816 |
Mineral: | Buergerite Tourmaline |
Locality: | near Mexquitic, San Luis Potosi, Mexico (Type Locality for Buergerite) |
Description: | Dark brown, translucent buergerite tourmaline crystals on one face of rhyolite matrix. It is said the discoverer of this deposit died without revealing the exact locality of the occurrence. Ex. Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Pittsburgh) |
Overall Size: | 5.5x4x3 cm |
Crystals: | 1-8 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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