Bill Larson in front of the case (which he organized) of Blue Cap Tourmalines from The Tourmaline Queen Mine, California - Tucson Show 2008
The Tourmaline Queen Mine, San Diego County, California is rightly famous for the spectacular blue-cap Elbaite tourmaline crystals found there.
Many of these specimens were collected by Pala International in 1972 - including this one, one of the most famous of these is the 'Rabbit Ears' which is currently in the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Here are two views of it:
The 'Rabbit Ears'
Another view of The 'Rabbit Ears'
Elbaite from the Jim and Gail Spann collection
Elbiate on Albite - Roz and Gene Meieran collection
Elbaite with Morganite - Bill Larson collection
Blue Cap Elbaite - Bill Larson collection
Blue Cap Elbaites, Irv Brown and Rob Lavinsky collections
Gail Spann
16th Mar 2008 8:58pm