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Tourmaline from Oxford County, Maine, USA

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Watermelon Tourmaline

Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
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Watermelon Tourmaline

Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
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Tourmaline

Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
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Tourmaline

Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
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Watermelon Tourmaline

Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
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Watermelon Tourmaline

Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
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Tourmaline

Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
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Tourmaline

Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
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Watermelon Tourmaline

Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
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Watermelon Tourmaline

Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
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Tourmaline

Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
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Tourmaline

Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
USA
 
  • Maine
    • Oxford County
      • Buckfield
[var. Watermelon Tourmaline] King, Vandall T., Foord, Eugene E. (1994) Mineralogy of Maine Vol. 1 - Descriptive mineralogy. Maine Geological Survey.
King, Vandall T., Foord, Eugene E. (1994) Mineralogy of Maine. Maine Geological Survey.
Gary Powell
      • Greenwood
King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation.
[var. Watermelon Tourmaline] King, Vandall T., Foord, Eugene E. (1994) Mineralogy of Maine Vol. 1 - Descriptive mineralogy. Maine Geological Survey.
        • Uncle Tom Mountain
Mineral News (1998) 14:8 pp2,9
Mineral News (1994) 10:12 pp1,2
Found Oct 2021 and optically studied. Lloyd W. Alexander
      • Hebron
        • Mount Rubellite
[var. Rubellite] USGS Bull 445
[var. Rubellite] USGS Bull 445
      • Newry
[var. Rubellite] King, Vandall T. (2000) Mineralogy of Maine Vol. 2 - Mining History, Gems, and Geology. Maine Geological Survey.
King, Vandall T., Foord, Eugene E. (1994) Mineralogy of Maine Vol. 1 - Descriptive mineralogy. Maine Geological Survey.
[var. Achroite] King, V. T., 2006, Minerals of Halls Ridge and Plumbago-Puzzle Mountain, Newry, ... Maine, Mineral News, v. 22(6): p. 1-3.
      • Norway
[var. Verdelite] USGS Bull 445
      • Paris
[var. Verdelite]
[var. Watermelon Tourmaline] King, Vandall T., Foord, Eugene E. (1994) Mineralogy of Maine Vol. 1 - Descriptive mineralogy. Maine Geological Survey.
www.mindat.org (2003) https://www.mindat.org/min-4003.html
Confirmed by Alexander U. Falster at Maine Mineral and Gem Museum.
Photo ID: 940821h ttps://www.mindat.org/photo-940821.html
      • Peru
King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation.
      • Rumford
[var. Rubellite] Bastin, Edson Sunderland (1911) Geology of the pegmatites and associated rocks of Maine, including feldspar, quartz, mica, and gem deposits. United States Geological Survey, Bulletin 445, 152 pgs.
www.cseg.ca/conferences/2000/825.PDF.
      • West Paris
[var. Achroite] Vandall King
Vandall King
 
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