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Batalha mine, São José da Batalha, Salgadinho, Paraíba, Northeast Region, Brazil
© 2003 John H. Betts
| A variety of Elbaite This material, when used as a gemstone, has been assigned a new formal commercial trade name by the Laboratory Manual Harmonization Committee (LMHC), a group of 7 gemological laboratories worldwide - Paraíba Tourmaline, regardless of locality of occurrence. |
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