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Tourmaline

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MGR715700

Tourmaline

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Description
Locality: 
Cruzeiro Mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 0.6 × 0.5 cm
Description

A wonderful, gemmy, lustrous crystal from this famous locality. The crystal shows intense green color with a sharp terminated red cap. The end-points show pyramidal habit. The crystal is on same high quality all around. No significant damages to report, bottom was on the rock.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tourmaline

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