Name TOURMALINE ELBAITE
Variety RUBELLITE
Origin bamburro pocket, Itatiaia, Minas Gerais (Brazil)
Hardness 7 - 7,5
Composition Na(Li,Al)3Al6(BO3)3 Si6O18(OH)4
Crystaline sys. TRIGONAL
Size   6,8 x 2,7 x 2,7
Weight 103 g




Description:
In 1978 two brazilians, Jonas Lima and Ailton Barbosa, staged one of the major events in the history of the tourmalines with the discovery of a cavity from which they extracted large amounts of marvelous crystals of rubellite. This specimen is one of them.


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TOURMALINE ELBAITE



VARIETY RUBELLITE