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Roger Weller, geology instructor

pegmatite pocket from Pala, California-3
Pocket contains crystals of tourmaline, quartz, feldspar, and lepidolite.

Photo is copyright free only for non-commercial educational uses.
Credit photo to R.Weller/Cochise College and the Natural History Museum.

This reconstructed mineral pocket is on display at the Natural History Museum,
900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90007