Mineral: | Tourmaline, Variety: Elbaite (Rubellite)
| Chemical Formula: | Na(Li1,5AL1,5)Al6(BO3)3[Si6O18](OH)3(OH) | Size: | | Weight: | | Transparence: | | Quantity: | | Origin: | Palelni mine, Khetchel (Khat Che) village, Molo quarter, Momeik Township, Burma (Myanmar) | Here you get a big mushroom twin made up of two main crystals and a smaller one at the lower side. You can easily recognize by the counting the 3 schorl crystals, which have been the seed crystals and the starting point for all rubellite crystals. Also you can spot another more botryoidale shaped species with a deeper red coloration. Big piece from the Khat Che mine.
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