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Tourmaline

ex Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hofmeister (GER)
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Description
Locality: 
Minh Tien Mine, Lục Yên District, Yên Bái Province, Vietnam
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.1 × 2.2 × 1.4 cm
Weight: 
34.00gr
Description

Nice partly transparent to translucent pinkish tourmaline crystal from Luc Yen, ex Prof. Dr. W. Hofmeister. Without analysis this may be elbaite, fluor-liddicoatite, liddicoatite, or rossmanite. Single xl XRD and WDS analysis are needed to confirm which species are present in the crystal.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tourmaline

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

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