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Tourmaline

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Description
Locality: 
Teixerinha Mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 1 × 0.9 cm
Description

An excellent singöe crystal from a recent discovery aat Teixerinha mine. The locality is well knwon for topaz and it also produced tourmalines, but nearly only green ones. So this material is really outstanding - the color is a great surpirse for Teixerinha - it is blue green. Please note - these are daylight photos! It doesn´t need backlight or light-effects to expose this amazing colors. Translucency is excellent and the crystal is nearly flawless and in cut-quality.  

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tourmaline

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