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Tobi
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Posted: Jan 07, 2017 11:25 Post subject: Favourite Tourmalines? |
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What are your favourite TOURMALINE localities, varieties and habits? My favourites are:
- Bi- oder multi-coloured Elbaite from Brazil, Pakistan, Afghanistan (and of course the famous Bluecaps from California)
- Rubellite, Indicolite and Verdelite with vivid colours (from the same countries as mentioned above)
- Lustrous Schorl on white matrix from Pakistan
Mineral: | Elbaite |
Locality: | Cruzeiro Mine, Santa Maria do Suaçui, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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Mineral: | Elbaite |
Locality: | Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan | |
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Mineral: | Elbaite on Quartz |
Locality: | Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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Mineral: | Elbaite with Albite |
Locality: | Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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Dimensions: | Crystal height 4,5 cm |
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Mineral: | Elbaite with Lepidolite |
Locality: | Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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Mineral: | Elbaite |
Locality: | Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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Dimensions: | Crystal height 8 cm |
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Collection Mineralogical Museum Marburg (my photo) |
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rweaver
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Posted: Jan 07, 2017 13:22 Post subject: Re: Favourite Tourmalines? |
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In answer to your question any Tourmaline from San Diego County. These are just two of mine. The Blue Cap has been in my collection since it was mined, and the other one was self collected in the mine with John McLean and Josie Scripps 7/8/74.
Mineral: | Tourmaline (Group) |
Locality: | Tourmaline Queen Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain, Montaña Tourmaline Queen, Pala, Pala District, San Diego County, California, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 3.8cm x 2.6cm |
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Mineral: | Tourmaline (Group) |
Locality: | Tourmaline Queen Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain, Montaña Tourmaline Queen, Pala, Pala District, San Diego County, California, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 2.7cm x 3.8cm |
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Jesse Fisher
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Posted: Jan 07, 2017 13:49 Post subject: Re: Favourite Tourmalines? |
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One of the first tourmaline specimens I ever acquired, an old one from the Himalaya Mine, San Diego. The piece likely dates from the Ralph Potter era in the 1950s and is typical of what was found on the north end of the property during that time.
Mineral: | Elbaite, Quartz |
Locality: | Himalaya Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 6x6x5 cm overall size |
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Peter Megaw
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Posted: Jan 07, 2017 16:03 Post subject: Re: Favourite Tourmalines? |
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I am fond of the Mexquitic Fluor-Buergerite locality material,,,because it is nearly unique and because of the lovely root-beer brown sheen shown by the well-formed crystals. The locality is considered "lost" by many but is known to the older locals in Mexquitic. It appears to be very thoroughly worked out
Mineral: | Fluor-buergerite |
Locality: | Municipio Mexquitic de Carmona, San Luis Potosí, Mexico | |
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Dimensions: | 10 x 8 x 4 |
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Peter Megaw specimen, Jeff Scovil photograph |
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Pete Richards
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Posted: Jan 07, 2017 16:19 Post subject: Re: Favourite Tourmalines? |
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A bit of an aside - Peter, is there buergerite from any other locality in the same general area, or in Mexico as a whole, for that matter?!
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Philippe Durand
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Posted: Jan 07, 2017 16:32 Post subject: Re: Favourite Tourmalines? |
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this one is from south of France.
It is not mine.
Mineral: | Schorl |
Locality: | La Salvetat-sur-Agout, Saint-Pons-de-Thomières, Béziers District, Hérault, Occitanie, France | |
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Dimensions: | 50mm X 50mm x40mm |
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Pete Richards
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Posted: Jan 07, 2017 16:33 Post subject: Re: Favourite Tourmalines? |
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I'm not inclined to turn my nose up at almost any decent elbaite crystal, but one of my favorite tourmalines is an emerald green vanadian uvite from Mogok, Myanmar. Unfortunately, I don't have an image of it.
Also neat, also unphotographed, are the squat red and green uvites from Brumado.
Finally, some neat elbaites from the Havey Quarry in Maine. Not large, but self-collected several years ago. The caps may be foitite, analyses pending.
Mineral: | Elbaite |
Locality: | Berry-Havey Quarry (Havey Quarry), Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 1 cm tall |
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Mineral: | Elbaite |
Locality: | Berry-Havey Quarry (Havey Quarry), Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 5 mm tall |
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Mineral: | Elbaite |
Locality: | Berry-Havey Quarry (Havey Quarry), Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 3 mm tall |
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Mineral: | Elbaite |
Locality: | Berry-Havey Quarry (Havey Quarry), Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 3 mm tall |
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Same crystal, with illumination from a different direction. |
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Roger Warin
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Posted: Jan 08, 2017 01:19 Post subject: Re: Favourite Tourmalines? |
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Hi,
Here is a elbaite crystal that I like.
While color changes are often zoned in the direction of elongation, this crystal is zoned by its final growth in scepter.
Mineral: | Elbaite |
Locality: | Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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Tobi
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Posted: Jan 08, 2017 02:45 Post subject: Re: Favourite Tourmalines? |
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Great piece, Roger!
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Roger Warin
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Posted: Jan 08, 2017 04:38 Post subject: Re: Favourite Tourmalines? |
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An elbaite of the type locality, Island of Elba.
Mineral: | Elbaite |
Locality: | Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy | |
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Dimensions: | 3 cm high |
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Mineral: | Tourmaline (Group) |
Locality: | Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan | |
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Dimensions: | 7 cm |
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Tobi
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Posted: Jan 08, 2017 05:53 Post subject: Re: Favourite Tourmalines? |
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Awesome Paprok specimen, Roger!!!
And you're right, specimens from Elba are great:
Mineral: | Elbaite |
Locality: | Grotta d'Oggi Quarry, San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 12 cm |
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Jesse Fisher
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Posted: Jan 09, 2017 12:15 Post subject: Re: Favourite Tourmalines? |
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For those who don't need a lot of bright colors to get excited about their tourmaline, here's a nice schorl group from Pakistan.
Mineral: | Schorl, Albite, Quartz |
Locality: | Shengus (Shingus), Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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Dimensions: | 7x7x4 cm overall size |
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Tobi
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Posted: Jan 09, 2017 12:23 Post subject: Re: Favourite Tourmalines? |
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Jesse Fisher wrote: | For those who don't need a lot of bright colors to get excited about their tourmaline, here's a nice schorl group from Pakistan. | Indeed VERY nice! Maybe no bright colours, but the best possible colour contrast and thus a very beautiful specimen :-)
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Josele
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Posted: Jan 10, 2017 17:23 Post subject: Re: Favourite Tourmalines? |
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Here comes one that seems have inspired to architects:
Mineral: | Elbaite |
Locality: | Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan | |
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Dimensions: | 10 x 2 x 2 cm |
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Roger Warin
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Posted: Jan 11, 2017 09:51 Post subject: Re: Favourite Tourmalines? |
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Another elbaite from the type locality, San Piero, Island of Elba
Mineral: | Elbaite |
Locality: | Grotta d'Oggi Quarry, San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy | |
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Roger Warin
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Posted: Jan 11, 2017 10:39 Post subject: Re: Favourite Tourmalines? |
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What has become of the beautiful "Rose of Itatiaia"? (with cleavelandite).
Mineral: | Elbaite |
Locality: | Itatiaia, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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Dimensions: | 25 cm ? |
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with cleavelanditeMunich EXPO 2003. |
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Tobi
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Posted: Jan 14, 2017 12:40 Post subject: Re: Favourite Tourmalines? |
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Roger Warin wrote: | What has become of the beautiful "Rose of Itatiaia"?
Elbaite
Itatiaia, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Dimensions: 25 cm ? | It was once was in Keith Proctor's collection and he sold it to Sheikh Saud al Thani from Qatar who died some years ago. I don't know for sure, but I think it is in a museum in Qatar since Saud al Thani passed away ...
By the way: I don't think this specimen is "only" about 25 cm, rather 40 ;-)
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Posted: Jan 14, 2017 14:04 Post subject: Re: Favourite Tourmalines? |
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Pete, those Havey finds are now my favorites. Thanks for the images.
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Jean Sendero
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Posted: Jan 14, 2017 14:59 Post subject: Re: Favourite Tourmalines? |
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My favorite from Mexico. We do not see a lot of these older elbaite from Baja California. This one was acquired from Dave Bunk in September 2014 with other labels from collector Gene Laberge #519, November 1989 and dealers Mark and Jeannette Rogers.
Mineral: | Elbaite |
Locality: | Delicias Mine, Rancho Los Pocitos, Municipio Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico | |
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Dimensions: | 4.5 x 1.2 x 1 cm |
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