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Rubellite Lepidolite & Quartz

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Rubellite Lepidolite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Muiâne Pegmatite, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.8 × 5.7 × 5.3 cm
Weight: 
199.00gr
Description

Very nice group of rubellite crystals an lepidolite crystals on quartz matrix from this classic pegmatite zone of Mozambique, these specimens are little know in the marked.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rubellite

Variety Of: 

Tourmaline

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

Lepidolite

Synonym Of: 

Mica Group

Formula: 
KLi2Al(Si4O10)(F,OH)2 to K(Li1.5Al1.5)(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2
Group Parent: 
Mica
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5
Colour: 
Pink, light purple, light rose red
Streak: 
White

Quartz

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

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