A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Tourmaline from pegmatite, Brazil |
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| Description | Tourmaline comes in many different colors. The pink variety is called rubellite. More typically, tourmaline is black (schorl) but even black varieties can shine or sparkle. High quality tourmalines are prized as gems. Tourmaline is the most common mineral that contains boron. This crystal is 6 cm long. |
| Location | Brazil. Near Gouvernador Valaderas. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-07-02. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection. |
| Key words | tourmaline, Brazil |
| Tech details | 492 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1013 |
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