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Tourmaline & Cleavelandite

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Tourmaline & Cleavelandite

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Description
Locality: 
Stak Nala, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 2 × 1.7 cm
Description

This tourmaline crystal convinces with its perfect properties: All pages are glossy and undamaged. So the termination is perfect and undamaged. Also, an amazing pink color on the ending makes the specimen even more attractive. In this area the crystal shows different tones of green colors. The crystal is overgrown with Cleavelandite in the lower part. Particularly attractive on one side, with a beautiful rose-shaped structure (second photo). An extraordinary piece - completely crystallized and undamaged!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tourmaline

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

Cleavelandite

Variety Of: 

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Hardness: 
0.0