AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Maine > Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 40934 |
Mineral: | Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline |
Locality: | Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine |
Description: | Stubby translucent pink rubellite crystal, the pink gem variety of elbaite tourmaline, with flat basal pinacoid termination with two smaller elbaite tourmaline crystals sticking up off the termination with black tips. |
Overall Size: | 13x10x9 mm |
Crystals: | 1-12 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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