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Tourmaline Var Indicolite

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Tourmaline Var Indicolite

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Description
Locality: 
Golconda Pegmatite, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 1.3 × 1.1 cm
Description

Just have a look to the intense color of this beauty! No backlight was used for the pictures, only daylight! The crystal has a dark cap and the rest of the crystal is absolutely translucent and intense blue!

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