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MD-197959
Quartz, Elbaite
Jaguaracu, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
Cabinet, 13.9 x 4.1 x 3.4 cm
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A very large, transparent, slightly smoky quartz crystal, in fine condition, is richly shot through with needle-like crystals of dark green elbaite tourmaline. This dramatic crystal was from a 1996 find at the Jaquaracu locality. The tourmaline crystals are massed in a dense, brushy cluster around the middle of the quartz crystal, and then sparser up towards the termination, allowing the light to get through and really showing off the tourmalines. Ex. J. R. Glover & Hauck Collections.