Elbaite with Stilbite

Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego Co., California, USA

3 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm

Ex. Irv Brown, Bill Larson

Two doubly-terminated, lustrous and translucent, pink tourmaline crystals, to 2.9 cm in length, lean into each other aesthetically, as if holding one another up. The back side and terminations are coated with a layer of white stilbite crystals. Examples of zeolites with any tourmaline are uncommon, but considered rare from the Himalaya Mine.