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Rhodizite & Tourmaline

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Rhodizite & Tourmaline

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Description
Locality: 
Ampasogona, Tetezantsio-Andoabatokely, Andrembesoa, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 3.3 × 2.5 cm
Description

Nice example of pale yellowish to colourless rhodizite crystals (actually one should label those as londonite-rhodizite series) on matrix with some intense pink tourmaline from the Tetezantsio-Andoabatokely Pegmatite Field, probably Ampasogona pegmatite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rhodizite

Formula: 
(K,Cs)Al4Be4(B,Be)12O28
Strunz: 
6.GC.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
8.0
Type Locality: 
Ministerskaya Yama Pit, Sarapulka District (Murzinka), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Tourmaline

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

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Best regards Roger