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Tourmaline Lepidolite & Cleavelandite

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Tourmaline Lepidolite & Cleavelandite

Klaus Krause Collection
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Description
Locality: 
Pederneira Mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.1 × 4.5 × 2.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
10.10cm
Weight: 
120.00gr
Description

Complete fir green, lustrous, gemmy and perfectly terminated , this is a fine gem tourmaline from the Pederneira Mine.
Tourmaline crystals to 10.1 cm long with smaller tourmaline needle-like crystals on one side. Also you find tiny Clevelandites.

The end faces are almost black, the bottom partially replaced by Lepidolite.

 

Bought: 
1994 Munich Show
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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tourmaline

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

Lepidolite

Synonym Of: 

Mica Group

Formula: 
KLi2Al(Si4O10)(F,OH)2 to K(Li1.5Al1.5)(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2
Group Parent: 
Mica
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5
Colour: 
Pink, light purple, light rose red
Streak: 
White

Cleavelandite

Variety Of: 

Albite

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

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