Tourmaline, Quartz, Cleavelandite

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This remarkable matrix specimen was collected by Ken and Dana Gochenour from the "Payday Pocket" mined just prior to October 2003. These were considered some of the better tourmalines from the mine by outsiders to collecting County tourmalines as they had a prismatic habit rather than the tapered habit typical of the Big Monday and B.A.T. Pockets this mine was better known for. Only 3 really fine matrix specimens of this style are known from the mine and this may very well be the best of them, according to Chuck. It is very well-displayed, as a combination of the pocket minerals, and is undamaged except for one clean repair done by the miners.