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Tourmaline

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MGR774718

Tourmaline

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Pederneira Mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 0.6 × 0.5 cm
Description

This crystal represents a great rarity - violet, pink crystals from Pederneira are very rare and an exceptional rarity, they came only one time out of the so called "Purple Pocket". The crystal is a floater. The bottom shows a sharp, lustrous end-point, the top shows stepped pyramidal modifications - also sharp and lustrous. The clarity of the crystal is nearly flawless, cut quality! At the top - a few millimeters below the pyramidal end-points - you can see a thin sharp, dark green zoning. Photos were done under daylight without lamps or light-effects. Undamaged.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tourmaline

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