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Tourmaline & Lepidolite

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Tourmaline & Lepidolite

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Description
Locality: 
Haramosh Mountains, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 1.4 × 1 cm
Description

The Tourmaline is translucent, sharp terminated and lustrous all around. It shows a beautiful greenish color and as cherry on the cake - a free-standing lepidolite perched at the end-point. Very aesthetic crystal in fine quality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tourmaline

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

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