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Tourmaline

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Paprook, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 1.9 × 0.9 cm
Description

The specimen is developed as floater with a small light pink horizontal crystal at the base and a double terminated vertical crystal in the center. Its lower endpoint is violet, the whole middle section appears in various steps of green, the upper endpoint shows strong pink colour. The specimen looks great in each angle, no significant damages to report.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tourmaline

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