AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Maine > Elbaite Tourmaline in Albite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 52513 |
Mineral: | Elbaite Tourmaline in Albite |
Locality: | Mount Marie Quarry, 7.5 km southeast of Paris Hill, Oxford County, Maine |
Description: | Bi-colored elbaite tourmaline crystal 13 cm long embedded in platy white albite, variety cleavelandite, with minor muscovite and lepidolite. The elbaite crystal varies from pink to green and is twisted due to post-crystallization deformation. |
Overall Size: | 13x7x4 cm |
Crystals: | 130 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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