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Tourmaline Var Liddicoatite

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Tourmaline Var Liddicoatite

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Description
Locality: 
Manapa, Anosiarivo Manapa, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 2.8 × 2.2 cm
Description

An open vein section of matrix is lined with deep cranberry red terminations of tourmaline to around 6mm, also within the pocket are similar sized transparent white feldspar crystals.

Really unusual to see any tourmaline lining a vein?

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tourmaline

Formula: 
A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7

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