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Quartz with Schorl Tourmaline inclusions from Total Wreck Mine, Greenhorn Mountains, Kern County, California

 
Quartz with Schorl Tourmaline inclusions from Total Wreck Mine, Greenhorn Mountains, Kern County, California

Quartz with Schorl Tourmaline inclusions from Total Wreck Mine, Greenhorn Mountains, Kern County, California

DESCRIPTION:No. 45295
Mineral:Quartz with Schorl Tourmaline inclusions
Locality:Total Wreck Mine, Greenhorn Mountains, Kern County, California
Description:Doubly-terminated transparent quartz crystal 44 mm long with fine acicular black schorl tourmaline crystals visible inside. The quartz crystal intersected an unknown spherical crystal that dissolved leaving a void on the left corner of the termination Ex. Royal C. Gould collection #384
Overall Size:4.5x3x2.5 cm
Crystals:1-44 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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