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“Blue-cap” tourmaline from the famous 1972 discovery by Bill Larson and Ed Swoboda at the Tourmaline Queen mine near Pala, Pala District, San Diego County, California. American Museum of Natural History collection; Harold and Erica Van Pelt photo.
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SpeciesTourmaline
Added on03/26/2026
LocalityUSA, California, Tourmaline Queen Mine
Publications
- Mineralogical Record Mineral Collections In American Northeast page 19
- Mineralogical Record The Kevin Brown Collection page 22
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