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Elbaite Tourmaline and Cookeite from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)

 
Elbaite Tourmaline and Cookeite from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)

Elbaite Tourmaline and Cookeite from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)

Elbaite Tourmaline and Cookeite from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)

Elbaite Tourmaline and Cookeite from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 80418
Mineral:Elbaite Tourmaline and Cookeite
Locality:Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)
Description:Slender lustrous transparent green elbaite tourmaline crystal, surrounded by rosettes of pearly tan-colored cookeite microcrystals, on gray-white feldspar. A second elbaite tourmaline is under the cookeite in the lower right, and could be exposed. Collected in June 2015 during Pegmatite Workshop 2015
Overall Size:7.5x5.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 40 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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