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

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

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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 80721
Mineral:Elbaite Tourmaline in Cookeite
Locality:Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)
Description:Complex crystallized mass of lustrous green elbaite tourmaline crystals in brown cookeite. The elbaite tourmalines separated from the pocket walls during a geologic pocket rupture, then the cookeite grew around the segments solidifying. Ex. Miller #M3265; ex. Eric Greene #SIL-859; ex. Dr. Warren I Johansson (1921-2014); collected 1 December 1892
Overall Size:6.5x4.5x3.5 cm
Crystals:3-22 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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