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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 52548 |
| Mineral: | Elbaite Tourmaline |
| Locality: | Pederneira Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent green elbaite tourmaline crystal with three-sided pyramidal termination modified by secondary edge faces. Internally the elbaite crystal is quite gemmy, with a zone at the termination that could produce a 10 mm faceted gemstone. |
| Overall Size: | 64x13x13 mm |
| Crystals: | 64 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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