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Quartz with Tourmaline Inclusions - Minas Gerais, Brazil ex. Edna Doughty, ex. Richard Hauck
$150.00 USD
SKU: MSJ0296
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A transparent, rhombohedral quartz crystal with many thin, elongated black tourmaline crystals throughout the quartz crystal.
Purchased in 1979 from the historic collection of Richard 'Dick' Hauck of New Jersey.
Ex. Joe Daley Collection
Ex. Edna Doughty Collecton
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