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Dravite-Uvite Tourmaline from Bower Power's Farm, Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, New York

 
Dravite-Uvite Tourmaline from Bower Power's Farm, Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, New York

Dravite-Uvite Tourmaline from Bower Power's Farm, Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, New York

Dravite-Uvite Tourmaline from Bower Power's Farm, Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, New York

DESCRIPTION:No. 44611
Mineral:Dravite-Uvite Tourmaline
Locality:Bower Power's Farm, Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, New York
Description:Old specimen ca. 1900 of doubly-terminated lustrous black dravite-uvite tourmaline with no matrix. The crystals are fully crystallized on all faces except for one face where it was attached to surrounding matrix. Ex. Henry D. Miller (1838-1919 or 1920) collection, (see Final Disposition Of Some American Collections Of Minerals, Frederick A. Canfield, 1923), bequeathed to the Wadsworth Atheneum in 1909; ex. Loomis-Chaffee School
Overall Size:5x4x4 cm
Crystals:5 cm
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