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Elbaite Tourmaline, Quartz, Albite, Lepidolite from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine

 
Elbaite Tourmaline, Quartz, Albite, Lepidolite from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine

Elbaite Tourmaline, Quartz, Albite, Lepidolite from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 60203
Mineral:Elbaite Tourmaline, Quartz, Albite, Lepidolite
Locality:Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Many lustrous transparent green elbaite crystal fragments embedded in quart-albite-lepidolite pegmatite. Under magnification terminated elbaite tourmaline crystals are visible. Ex. Dr. Donald Miller collection; ex. Dr. Warren I Johansson (1921-2014) collection; collected in 1936
Overall Size:4.5x4.5x4 cm
Crystals:1-25 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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