Tourmaline var. Fluor-buergerite (Type Locality)

Mexquitic, San Luis Potosu, Mexico (TYPE LOCALITY)
Miniature, 4.6 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm
Start Time: 07/04/2015 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 07/28/2015 6:00:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

RARE, lustrous, chocolate-brown Fluor-buergerite crystals to 9 mm aesthetically scattered as isolated single crystals or in groups, on Quartz rhyolite matrix from the ONE-TIME FIND in Mexico. This is a fine example of this rare member of the Tourmaline Group. Named after Professor Martin Buerger of MIT, a pioneer in X-ray analysis. valued $500

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