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Elbaite Tourmaline with Cookeite on Albite from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)

 
Elbaite Tourmaline with Cookeite on Albite from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)

Elbaite Tourmaline with Cookeite on Albite from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)

Elbaite Tourmaline with Cookeite on Albite from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 44288
Mineral:Elbaite Tourmaline with Cookeite on Albite
Locality:Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)
Description:Lustrous transparent green elbaite tourmaline crystals up to 35 mm long lying flat on one face of albite matrix with darker green elbaite crystals surrounded by creme-colored cookeite microcrystals. Pink rubellite tourmaline crystals are embedded on rear
Overall Size:11x9x3 cm
Crystals:micro to 35 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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