Tourmaline

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Locality: Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan

Two perfectly terminated tourmaline crystals are "stuck" to a terminated quartz crystal. The bottom end of each tourmaline is also crudely terminated and not broken.

This specimen is most likely from the Stak Nala pegmatites, along the Gilgit-Skardu road.

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