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Rhodizite & Rubellite

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Rhodizite & Rubellite

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Description
Locality: 
Tetezantsio, Andrembesoa, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3 × 5.3 × 5 cm
Description

A sharp glossy yellow rhodozite crystal is tucked into a cleft in the matrix and fronted by terminated gemmy deep pink tourmaline var rubellite crystals.

A very aesthetic and unusual combination of the two species.

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...

Rubellite

Variety Of: 

Tourmaline

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