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Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with Lepidolite from Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California

 
Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with Lepidolite from Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California

Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with Lepidolite from Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California

Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with Lepidolite from Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California

Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with Lepidolite from Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California

Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with Lepidolite from Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California

Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with Lepidolite from Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California

Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with Lepidolite from Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California

Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with Lepidolite from Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California

DESCRIPTION:No. 81287
Mineral:Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with Lepidolite
Locality:Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California
Description:Lustrous chatoyant transparent pink rubellite tourmaline crystals, the pink gem variety of elbaite tourmaline, with a single 2 mm lilac-colored lepidolite mica crystal on the termination. Minor pocket clay is in crevices between the rubellite crystals. Collected ca. 1990. Total weight: 3.19 grams
Overall Size:27x8x6 mm
Crystals:2-27 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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