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MD-118179
Elbaite
Tourmaline Queen Mine (MS 6458; Tourmaline Queen No. 3), Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala; Queen), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Miniature, 4.6 x 4.1 x 4.0 cm
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A beautiful, gemmy and lustrous, parallel-growth, rose-red tourmaline crystal with an achroite layer and a thin cap of blue, just below the termination. The termination is frosted and lightly etched. This PRISTINE beauty is from the famous Queen Mine and was SELF-COLLECTED by Ed Ruggiero on New Years Eve, 1975! The collecting history fills both sided of his 3x5 card. Hefty at 154 grams! THIS IS ONE OF THOSE FAMOUS BLUECAPS!

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