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DESCRIPTION: | No. 46049 |
Mineral: | Quartz with Tourmaline inclusions |
Locality: | Capelinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Description: | Doubly-terminated transparent colorless quartz crystals to 75 mm long with bluish hair-like inclusions that miner reports were identified by the Smithsonian as tourmaline (schorl or elbaite). |
Overall Size: | 8x4.5x3 cm |
Crystals: | 3-75 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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