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Watermelon Tourmaline

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Watermelon Tourmaline

Former collection Christian Mavris
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Description
Locality: 
Sierra de Córdoba, Punilla Department, Córdoba, Argentina
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.6 × 1.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Weight: 
19.00gr
Description

Unusual locality piece: a watermelon tourmaline from Argentina.

A 1.3 cm well shaped tourmaline crystal, encased in quartzite. Great lustre and gemminess, and the watermelon feature is very evident.

The label reports Serrezuela, but I could not precisely locate the area. Surely, this specimen comes from the area of Sierra de Cordoba. Still, a rather underrepresented locality on today's mineral market.

A rather old specimen, if one accounts that I have it since 1994 from a Greek dealer (the label is his own).

On a side note, this was my first tourmaline ever!

Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Watermelon Tourmaline

Variety Of: 

Tourmaline

Formula: 
A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Hardness: 
7
Hardness: 
7.0 - 7.5

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