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Tourmaline Var Indicolite

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Tourmaline Var Indicolite

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Description
Locality: 
Darrah I Pech, Chapa Dara District, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 1 × 0.8 cm
Description

Indicolite is spectacular quality - usually this material needs backlight, not so here: the crystal shows excellent translucency, it didn´t need any backlight and the photos were doe under daylight. The saturation is crazy good, the faces and end-points are sharp and highly lustrous, and it is in excellent condition all around, only 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

Indicolite

Variety Of: 

Tourmaline

Formula: 
A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Hardness: 
7
Hardness: 
0.0