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Lepidolite pseudomorphs after Elbaite Tourmaline from East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut

 
Lepidolite pseudomorphs after Elbaite Tourmaline from East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Lepidolite pseudomorphs after Elbaite Tourmaline from East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut

DESCRIPTION:No. 64818
Mineral:Lepidolite pseudomorphs after Elbaite Tourmaline
Locality:East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut
Description:Gray lepidolite pseudomorphs after prismatic elbaite tourmaline crystals in quartz-lepidolite-albite. The elbaite crystallized first, then altered molecule by molecule to lepidolite mica, maintaining the original elbaite shape. Collected in 1992 by Richard Schooner (1925-2007)
Overall Size:25x24x22 mm
Crystals:5-7 mm pseudos
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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