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Rubellite & Sericite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Alvarrões Mine, Seixo Amarelo, Guarda, Guarda District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.3 × 4.8 × 3.6 cm
Weight: 
137.00gr
Description

Very nice sample of rubellite crystals on sericite matrix with minor lepidolite from this classic locality.

The quarry is still working, but it is totally forbidden enter on the site, so now there is no more good specimens on the market.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rubellite

Variety Of: 

Tourmaline

Formula: 
A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Hardness: 
7
Hardness: 
0.0

Sericite

Variety Of: 

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Hardness: 
0.0

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