AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New York > Dravite-Uvite Tourmaline in Inwood Marble |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 73061 |
Mineral: | Dravite-Uvite Tourmaline in Inwood Marble |
Locality: | Construction excavation at 207th Street and Broadway, New York City, Manhattan Island, New York County, New York |
Description: | Many lustrous transparent dark brown dravite-uvite tourmaline crystals in a horizon running through gray Inwood Marble. These tourmaline crystals range from dravite (Na-rich) to uvite (Ca-rich), often within the same crystals. Splitting may expose more. From my personal collection; collected in November 2013 |
Overall Size: | 4.5x4x3 cm |
Crystals: | 1-2 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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