Tourmaline (Var: Rubellite), Lepidolite, Albite

Locality: Himalaya Mine (Himalaya dikes; Himalaya pegmatite), Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA

10.8 x 4.2 x 3.4 cm. This is a really fine, large crystal of classic Himalaya Mine rubellite, showing a lustrous basal termination at one end (top here) and a multiterminated prismatic tip at the other (shown down here as he mounted it). It has one clean repair, well done, at the join where the albite is. It is otherwise complete-all-around. This is a significant piece for the size and overall quality from a mine that really was, in its day, the single most important longterm-production tourmaline mine in the County. The location is now closed. Ex. Chuck Houser Collection.

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Photo added: 24th Jun 2005

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