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
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