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Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with Lepidolite from Minas Gerais, Brazil

 
Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with Lepidolite from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with Lepidolite from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with Lepidolite from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with Lepidolite from Minas Gerais, Brazil

DESCRIPTION:No. 56780
Mineral:Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with Lepidolite
Locality:Minas Gerais, Brazil
Description:Transparent lustrous rubellite tourmaline crystal, the pink gem variety of the mineral species elbaite, with flat basal pinacoid termination and a spherical group of purple lepidolite crystals on the opposite end. Collected ca. 1980
Overall Size:22x10x9 mm
Crystals:19 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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