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Tourmaline, Hydroxylherderite, Albite (Var: Cleavelandite), Schorl

Locality: Paprok Mine (Papruk Mine; Paprowk Mine), Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province (Nurestan Province; Nooristan Province; Nuristan), Afghanistan

Tourmaline / Hydroxylherderite / Cleavelandite / Schorl (7,0cm x 5,6cm x 5,0cm)
Mario Pauwels collection , Joaquim Callén photo.

A very well balanced specimen of a multicolored Tourmaline who is grown in the center of a fine crystallised Cleavelandite matrix. Some small Schorl crystals and one single Hydroxylherderite crystal makes this specimen complete and unique. This specimen was collected during the summer of 2010 and bought it in januari 2011.

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Photo added: 14th Apr 2012

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