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Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with Spodumene from Black Mountain Quarry, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine

 
Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with Spodumene from Black Mountain Quarry, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine

Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with Spodumene from Black Mountain Quarry, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine

Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with Spodumene from Black Mountain Quarry, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine

Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with Spodumene from Black Mountain Quarry, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 76072
Mineral:Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with Spodumene
Locality:Black Mountain Quarry, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Large cluster of lustrous translucent pink rubellite tourmaline crystals, the pink variety of elbaite tourmaline, with lath-like spodumene on one edge. The rubellite tourmaline crystals are in a diverging spray-shaped formation exposed front and rear. Collected in 2017
Overall Size:9x8x5 cm
Crystals:30-70 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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