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Mineral Specimens with Elbaite
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4.3 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm. One of the finest lepidolite crystals Bill or I have seen from this mine perched on a tourmaline crystal section. The lepidolite is about 1 inch and is shockingly purple, completely translucent, and is pristine. It is a very esoteric but interesting specimen, better in person. When you shine light through the whole piece, from behind the tourmaline, you get a glowing purple on glowing red-pink combination. Ex. William Larson Collection.
3.7 x 1.9 x 1.2 cm. This species is really very rare for the locale. In fact, I have not seen another myself. Hambergite in general is rare, and when found at the Himalaya Mine is treasured by collectors locally. But this, which actually is a display-sized miniature, and with green tourmaline in association, is even rarer still than any Himalaya Mine specimen. I never even knew the species occurred at this mine, known for its green tourmalines, topaz, and garnets. I regard it as a fairly important piece. Ex. William Larson Collection.
8.8 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm. This one is an elegant crystal, doubly terminated, with 2 clean repairs. Ex. William Larson Collection.
5.0 x 2.9 x 2.1 cm. A very interesting old-style crystal, doubly terminated, with cat’s-eye effects inside. Note the unusually steep and elongated termination. Minor damage at the other end, but still a very interesting and unusual miniature. Ex. William Larson Collection.
12.5 x 8.0 x 7.2 cm. A huge crystal at 1200 grams, this is a complexly-terminated tourmaline intergrown with topaz on its termination. Not the most beautiful, but an important and large museum-sized specimen from an important locale. It is apparently from the earliest period of mining here circa 1910, according to Bill Larson: "it predates Louis Spaulding and the modern era as I got it from an old collector in Encinitas back in the 1960's, exchanged with cut tourmalines I mined. It was presumed to be from the 1910 period there." Ex. William Larson Collection.
6.8 x 4.1 x 3.4 cm. A very illustrative example of how tourmaline grows in pockets, particularly in a highly disrupted pegmatite such as the Himalaya, with a tourmaline showing natural tectonic bending. This we have seen, from time-to-time at other locales…but the Himalaya is famous for its "bent" crystals actually. And this one, on matrix of quartz, is exceptional in that all the others I have seen at this size were loose of matrix. Crudely terminated, but terminated nonetheless. Ex. William Larson Collection.
4.7 x 4.2 x 2.9 cm. A classic blue indicolite, found probably prior to the 1960s when this mine was famous for such crystals. Nicely translucent with only minimal backlighting. In fact, it was material like this they were looking for when Larson and Swoboda went re-mining here in 1972 and hit the famous blue-cap pockets. Weighs 76 grams. Ex. William Larson Collection.
4.7 x 3.8 x 3.6 cm. A classic dark green crystal from this mine, with unusual little lepidolite crystals atop. This crystal is very dark, as they all are generally, but has a nice surface sheen and despite its thickness a clear green color when backlit very strongly. Weighs 98 grams. Ex. William Larson Collection.
5.5 x 4 x 4 cm. Dark until backlit, this comes alive and shows the intense purple-zoned color these are famous for. Most such crystals are rather smaller. Classic old early 1900s material, approximately 300 grams. Ex. William Larson Collection.
6.3 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm. A very dark, olive green (looks black) tourmaline "pencil", unusual for the Himalaya. Ex. William Larson Collection.
4.7 x 3.8 x 2.4 cm. A classic blue indicolite, found probably prior to the 1960s when this mine was famous for such crystals. Nicely translucent with strong backlighting, dark without - but this is typical. In fact, it was material like this they were looking for when Larson and Swoboda went re-mining here in 1972 and hit the famous blue-cap pockets. Weighs 97 grams. Ex. William Larson Collection.
5.7 x 4.7 x 4.3 cm. A classic dark green crystal from this mine. This crystal is very dark unless backlit, as they all are generally, but has a nice surface sheen and despite its thickness a clear green color when backlit very strongly. Weighs 267 grams. It is large and impressive, in person. Ex. William Larson Collection.
5.2 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm. Classic early 1900s material, this is a sharp crystal with characteristic color zoning. It is 91 grams, long ago traded to Larson from the Hesse collection at the American Museum of Natural History. Ex. William Larson Collection.
2.3 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm. A rare old pink gem crystal, something I had not seen from this mine before. Traded out by Larson from the American Museum of Natural History. Ex. William Larson Collection.
6.4 x 2.9 x 2.3 cm. An exceptional doubly-terminated crystal with totally different terminations in both form and color patterning. Striking. This was a pocket from the mid 1980s, called Rainbow Pocket. For the pocket, this is a very intense color, in particular. Ex. William Larson Collection.
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