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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
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3.1 × 2 cm
Description

Nice rhodizite crystals on rubellite

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