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Tourmaline With Quartz Mica & Cleavelandite

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Description
Locality: 
Shengus, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4 × 5.2 × 4 cm
Description

A very attractive specimen from Shengus, Skardu, Pakistan, featuring well terminated clear quartz crystals in combination with green-capped tourmaline. The crystals are associated with unusual mica perched on a cleavelandite matrix, creating a striking and aesthetic display. A rare and exceptional example from this classic Himalayan pegmatite locality.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tourmaline

Formula: 

A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z

Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7

Quartz

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

Mica

Group Parent: 
Mica Group

Cleavelandite

Variety Of: 

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Hardness: 
0.0

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