Calcite Copper and they somewhat remind of

and they somewhat remind of the classic “Moor’s head” Tourmalines from the island of Elba

Specimen # HYALMEX41615

Specimen # BOL711B285

I have seen many Tourmaline specimens from Stak Nala for many years and the one characteristic that many of them lacked was decent color

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Calcite Copper and they somewhat remind ofA seldom seen Calcite from the Osceola Mine along the Animas River near Silverton. This specimen features sharp, well formed rhombohedra of Calcite up to 1. 2 cm that have a medium chocolate brown coating of an unknown manganese oxide. Additionally, the crystals are sitting on excellent quality, lustrous, GEM gemmy Quartz prisms on matrix. From the collection of T. M. Phetteplace (specimen #1161) originally purchased from the famous Columbine Mineral