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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 71687 |
| Mineral: | Elbaite Tourmaline |
| Locality: | Cruzeiro Mine, Santa Maria do Suacui, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Description: | Tapered formation of diverging lustrous transparent green elbaite tourmaline crystals with remnants of muscovite mica on the areas where they were attached. The elbaite tourmaline crystals have striated prism faces and have gemmy sections. Collected in the 1960s |
| Overall Size: | 5x3.5x2 cm |
| Crystals: | 15-35 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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