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Schorl Tourmaline on Quartz from Klein Spitzkoppe, 56 km WNW of Usakos, Erongo region, Namibia

 
Schorl Tourmaline on Quartz from Klein Spitzkoppe, 56 km WNW of Usakos, Erongo region, Namibia

Schorl Tourmaline on Quartz from Klein Spitzkoppe, 56 km WNW of Usakos, Erongo region, Namibia

Schorl Tourmaline on Quartz from Klein Spitzkoppe, 56 km WNW of Usakos, Erongo region, Namibia

Schorl Tourmaline on Quartz from Klein Spitzkoppe, 56 km WNW of Usakos, Erongo region, Namibia

Schorl Tourmaline on Quartz from Klein Spitzkoppe, 56 km WNW of Usakos, Erongo region, Namibia

Schorl Tourmaline on Quartz from Klein Spitzkoppe, 56 km WNW of Usakos, Erongo region, Namibia

DESCRIPTION:No. 81377
Mineral:Schorl Tourmaline on Quartz
Locality:Klein Spitzkoppe, 56 km WNW of Usakos, Erongo region, Namibia
Description:Lustrous black schorl tourmaline crystals to 15 mm on a thin plate of gray-brown quartz crystals to 1 mm. The schorl tourmaline crystals are striated short prisms with three-faced pyramidal terminations. Collected ca. 1988. Ex. S. Kelland collection; acquired in 2002; ex. Betts #14655
Overall Size:8.5x4.5x1.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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