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Tourmaline Var Schorl

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Tourmaline Var Schorl

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Description
Locality: 
Punta delle Mene, Pessinetto, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 6.5 × 5.8 cm
Weight: 
574.00gr
Description

Black crystals,the biggest  is up to 80 mm long,  naturally faceted in talc schist matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tourmaline

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

Schorl

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