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Tourmaline & Lepidolite

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Tourmaline & Lepidolite

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Description
Locality: 
Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 6 × 3.5 cm
Description

A wonderful; tree-formed assemble with one large tourmaline crystal as trunk, several smaller tourmalines as branches and light lavender lepidolite as leaves. The tourmaline crystals are all very glossy and show a light green color, which is a very eye-catching contrast to the lepidolite. Out of one of Europe´s leading private collection - Ex Fabian Wildfang coll.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tourmaline

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

Lepidolite

Synonym Of: 

Mica Group

Formula: 
KLi2Al(Si4O10)(F,OH)2 to K(Li1.5Al1.5)(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2
Group Parent: 
Mica
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5
Colour: 
Pink, light purple, light rose red
Streak: 
White