| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Afghanistan > Elbaite Tourmaline |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 46291 |
| Mineral: | Elbaite Tourmaline |
| Locality: | Madani Khalan, Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan |
| Description: | Large group of parallel bi-colored translucent-to-transparent lustrous elbaite tourmaline crystals with flat, basal pinacoid terminations. The elbaite tourmaline crystals are mostly blue with 1 mm pink zone at the terminations. Ex. Bob Holzer (1934-2009) collection |
| Overall Size: | 8x5x4.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 20-83 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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