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1265 W. Main St., Quartzsite West of McDonald's • 928-927-6014
Times Three
Family Restaurant
A Big HELLO to Everyone Here for the Big Shows!
We at Times Three invite you to come in and join us,
along with all the other folks who eat here for some mighty fine food.
Check out our Daily Specials! Breakfast-Lunch-Dinner
• BBQ Pork Ribs on Thursday!
• Alaska Cod on Friday!
• Always Delicious Prime Rib on Saturday!
We appreciate your patronage! ~ Cena and the crew
OPEN DAILY 6am-8pm
7 Days a Week!
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480-250-3378
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Fortunately, tourmaline is
beautiful or most of us who
love rocks would probably
hate it. While Tourmaline can
be found in several countries
around the world, most gem
grade Tourmaline comes from
Mozambique, Brazil and the
United States. The tourmaline
from Brazil is found in every
color, but the most famous,
and most rare, is the green to
turquoise-colored Paraiba El-
baite. The copper-rich moun-
tains of Mozambique also
produce a tourmaline of the same coloration and often called by the same
name. In Maine, Tourmaline was discovered in the mountains west of Port-
land in 1820, and has been mined there ever since. Deep rich greens have
been mined at Mt. Mica and Mt. Apatite. Plumbago Mountain is known for
apple-green shades and the world's largest and fi nest pink crystals. Blue tour-
maline, sometimes called Indicolite, is the rarest gem color native to Maine.
Watermelon, Bi-color, and tri-color crystals, including a rare blue/green/gray
tri-colored combination, were fi rst discovered in Maine in 1902. These are
some of the most unique forms of tourmaline, having two or more varieties of
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