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Tourmaline & Cleavelandite

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Tourmaline & Cleavelandite

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Description
Locality: 
Stak Nala, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.3 × 1.4 cm
Description

What an esthetic combination. Terminated green cap tourmaline from Pakistan which is wearing a fantastic bright coat of cleavelandite. The faces are also highly lustrous.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tourmaline

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

Cleavelandite

Variety Of: 

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Hardness: 
0.0