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Rubellite Sericite & Quartz

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Rubellite Sericite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Alvarrões Mine, Seixo Amarelo, Guarda, Guarda District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.8 × 6 × 2.8 cm
Weight: 
93.00gr
Description

Excellent group of pink rubellite crystals on sericite, quartz and minor lepidolite from this classic Portuguese site.

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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