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MD-132248
Tourmaline (Var: Rubellite)
Stewart Mine (MS 6162; Stewart Lithia), Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala; Queen), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Cabinet, 14.5 x 6.9 x 5.3 cm
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A burst of opaque rubellite crystals, still embedded in the frosty lepidolite matrix. There must be two dozen crystals here! It is interesting to see them in situ, exactly as they looked after they cooled and crystallized within the molten host rock. Old classic Stewart material, now hard to get.