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Elbaite Tourmaline in Muscovite on Albite from Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

 
Elbaite Tourmaline in Muscovite on Albite from Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Elbaite Tourmaline in Muscovite on Albite from Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

Elbaite Tourmaline in Muscovite on Albite from Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 72433
Mineral:Elbaite Tourmaline in Muscovite on Albite
Locality:Harvard Quarry, Noyes Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Lustrous translucent green elbaite tourmaline crystal on the edge of silvery muscovite mica crystals on white albite. The elbaite tourmaline crystal is unterminated, has striated prism faces, and shows post-crystallization deformation. From my personal collection; collected ca. 1992
Overall Size:4.5x4x3.5 cm
Crystals:30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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