| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Afghanistan > Elbaite Tourmaline |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 62591 |
| Mineral: | Elbaite Tourmaline |
| Locality: | Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent elbaite tourmaline crystal on limonite-stained muscovite mica. The elbaite crystal has striated prism faces with three-faced pyramidal termination. The color of the elbaite varies from green to colorless to pale-pink to black. |
| Overall Size: | 24x24x15 mm |
| Crystals: | 22 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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