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Tourmaline with Cleavelandite$1,250.00
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A rare location piece from the Elizabeth R. mine on Chief Mountain at Pala, California. Judging by its colour it appears to be Schorl, but could be an intensely dark indicolite, the blue variety of Elbaite. The principle crystal is a broad, stubby jet-black prism measuring 3.8 cm tall by up to 4 cm across at its greatest breadth. The termination is an almost a mirror-flat pinacoid but does show natural surface growth features. The prism is embedded in well-crystallised Cleavelandite, the bladed variety of Albite feldspar, which forms ordered arrays of creamy-white crystals with a semi-matt lustre. A group of smaller, well crystallised Tourmaline crystals sit to one side. A great specimen from this rarely seen location.
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SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions7.4 x 7.3 x 4.0 cm
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SKUCC16922
Listed on10/24/2024
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