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Description
Locality: 
Mexquitic de Carmona Municipality, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2 × 11 cm
Description

Small sample of the fluor-beurgerite tourmalines that came from the type location in Mexico. The legend is that the original miner brought his specimens to Tucson and sold them but died shortly thereafter taking the exact site location information to his grave.  An effort was made to re-find the site but few samples were found. The longest crystal in this sample is 5mm. Best viewed with a loupe. There is a fault running through the specimen.Token location piece. Acquired from Alexander Falster. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Buergerite

Formula: 
Na(Fe33+)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3O3(OH)
Group Parent: 
Tourmaline

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