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Schorl

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Timms Hill, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.7 × 2.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.90cm
Description

Old specimen of black doubly-ended crystals of schorl tourmaline with good lustre on matrix. Scarce material from a Classic American Locality exploited already in the early XIX century.

Ex. René Virlet specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schorl

Formula: 
Na(Fe2+3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Strunz: 
9.CK.05
Hardness: 
7.0

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