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Much of the black tourmaline in the western part of New Hampshire has been analyzed to be the Dravite species.
Highslide JS
Locality: Wheeler Mtn., Winchester, NH

Species:           DRAVITE
Locality:          Wheeler Mtn., Winchester, NH
Specimen Size: 1.7 cm nearly equant dravite crystal.
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
Catalog No.: 540
Notes: Dravite verified by EDS analysis.
These Wheeler Mtn. dravite crystals were collected from an approximate one cubic meter milky quartz pod. These remarkably well formed dravite crystals were very difficult to expose from the quartz matrix and many were broken for those that survived whole.
Highslide JS
Locality: Wheeler Mtn., Winchester, NH

Species:           DRAVITE
Locality:          Wheeler Mtn., Winchester, NH
Specimen Size: 2.2 cm group of three penetrating dravite crystals.
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
Catalog No.: 521
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Highslide JS
Locality: Wheeler Mtn., Winchester, NH

Species:           DRAVITE
Locality:          Wheeler Mtn., Winchester, NH
Specimen Size: 5.3 cm specimen with 2 cm stubby, double terminated, dravite crystal in iron stained quartz.
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
Catalog No.: 608
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Highslide JS
Locality: Wheeler Mtn., Winchester, NH

Species:           DRAVITE
Locality:          Wheeler Mtn., Winchester, NH
Specimen Size: 2.5 cm specimen with 1.4 cm stubby dravite crystal in quartz.
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
Catalog No.: 563
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Highslide JS
Locality: Wheeler Mtn., Winchester, NH

Species:           DRAVITE
Locality:          Wheeler Mtn., Winchester, NH
Specimen Size: 1.2 cm specimen stubby, double terminated, dravite crystal on balsa pedistal.
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
Catalog No.: 562
Notes: This crystal nicely illustrates the hemimorphic form of dravite crystals.
Highslide JS
Locality: Wheeler Mtn., Winchester, NH

Species:           DRAVITE
Locality:          Wheeler Mtn., Winchester, NH
Specimen Size: 1.4 cm field of view. Interior of broken dravite crystal with cavity of brown dravite fibers.
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
Catalog No.: 559
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Highslide JS
Locality: Wheeler Mtn., Winchester, NH

Species:           DRAVITE
Locality:          Wheeler Mtn., Winchester, NH
Specimen Size: 6 cm specimen with 2 cm stubby, double terminated, dravite crystal.
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
Catalog No.: 725
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Highslide JS
Locality: Wheeler Mtn., Winchester, NH

Species:           DRAVITE
Locality:          Wheeler Mtn., Winchester, NH
Specimen Size: 2.7 cm specimen with 1.5 cm stubby, terminated, dravite crystal.
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
Catalog No.: 723
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Highslide JS
Locality: Wheeler Mtn., Winchester, NH

Species:           DRAVITE
Locality:          Wheeler Mtn., Winchester, NH
Specimen Size: 3 cm specimen with 2.1 cm stubby, terminated, dravite crystal in feldspar.
Field Collected: Tom Mortimer
Catalog No.: 724
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