| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from California > Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 80365 |
| Mineral: | Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline |
| Locality: | Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California |
| Description: | Many lustrous transparent pink rubellite tourmaline crystals, the pink gem variety of the mineral species elbaite, frozen in platy brown muscovite mica. The rubellite tourmaline crystals have rich pink color and possibly more could be exposed by cleaning Ex. Miller #M481; collected ca. 1970 |
| Overall Size: | 5x4.5x3 cm |
| Crystals: | 8-30 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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