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PALA-111 - Morganite with Muscovite - SOLD
Little Three Mine, Ramona District, San Diego Co., California, USA

small cabinet, 7.4 x 6.6 x 4.5 cm
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Morganite with Muscovite from Little Three Mine, Ramona District, San Diego Co., California, USA [db_pics/new09/pala11a.jpg]
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Morganite with Muscovite from Little Three Mine, Ramona District, San Diego Co., California, USA [db_pics/new09/pala11b.jpg]
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Morganite with Muscovite from Little Three Mine, Ramona District, San Diego Co., California, USA [db_pics/new09/pala11c.jpg]
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Morganite with Muscovite from Little Three Mine, Ramona District, San Diego Co., California, USA [db_pics/new09/pala11d.jpg]

A strange, etched, organic-looking morganite crystal with a hexagonal termination remaining atop the elongated, etched body. It has a pale pink color, and is very attractive, if unusual, in person. It shows crystal form, still, though is overall stretched and weird in appearance. Accents of muscovite are scattered over it. It is a floater.


PALA-108 - Tourmaline on Quartz - SOLD
White Queen mine, Pala, San Diego County , California, USA

cabinet, 10.0 x 5.3 x 2.7 cm
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Tourmaline on Quartz from White Queen mine, Pala, San Diego County , California, USA [db_pics/new09/pala08a.jpg]

Nice locality piece! It has elongated dark tourmalines attached to a vertical quartz crystal cluster. Minor damage, but overall interesting and aesthetic


PALA-107 - Tantalite with Morganite - SOLD
Elizabeth R. Mine, Chief Mountain, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA

cabinet, 11.3 x 7.0 x 5.6 cm
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Tantalite with Morganite from Elizabeth R. Mine, Chief Mountain, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA [db_pics/new09/pala07f.jpg]

A surprising, very rare specimen featuring a very sharp, fine , 2-cm tantalite crystal in matrix with associated lepidolite and morganite. Tantalite crystals are rare, and of this quality extremely rare, from the County. The morganite is a bous - for free - as its at the other end of the specimen. For me, the treasure here is all the tantalite. , an uncommon county species highly desired from here. I am very tempted to trim the specimen to two pieces, a nice small cab tantalite and a nice small cab with a morganite.



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