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Tourmaline (Var: Watermelon Tourmaline)

Locality: White Rocks Quarry (Consolidated Quarry), White Rock District (White Rocks District), Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA

Mass of watermelon tourmaline 9 cm wide, with cleavelandite, smoky quartz and lepidolite. Originally believed to be from the Walden Gem Quarry (and posted to that mindat page) because I bought it from Mr. Walden at his shop May 1, 1988. But having seen enough pieces from both places now this one is clearly from White Rocks.

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Photo added: 10th Oct 2010

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