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Tourmaline

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Description
Locality: 
Beni Bouzra, Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 3.3 × 3.4 cm
Description

An incredibla tourmaline crystals with really crazy intense colors raising up vertically on matrix. The tourmaline crystal shows dark yelllow-green zoning in the lower third, then they switsch to intense yellow and fiery red, the end-points show black caps. Surpriselingy although this assemble looks fragile the crystals are NOT repaired and undamaged. Very rare material from an older discovery.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tourmaline

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