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Tourmaline & Smoky Quartz

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Tourmaline & Smoky Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Malkhan, Krasnyi Chikoy, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.7 × 3.4 cm
Description

A wonderful combination of dull, double terminated smoky quartz crystals and lustrous intense pink rubellite. The tourmaline crystal shows stepped end-points and is also complete backside. It shows a good translucency and a dark red cap. Very aesthetic in various positions.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tourmaline

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

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0