Collector's Guide to the Black Tourmaline of Pierrepont, New York

by David G. Bailey, Jeffrey Chiarenzelli, Steven C. Chamberlain, et al.

Since its discovery by a teenager in 1859, thousands of specimens of lustrous black tourmaline crystals from Pierrepont, New York, have found their way into both museum and private mineral collections worldwide. Pierrepont is a classic American mineral locality and a popular site for field collecting, and the discovery of new collecting sites there in the past decade has only enhanced its importance. Yet no detailed scientific research has been published...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764351990
• ISBN13: 9780764351990
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 10.9"