Mineral: | Tourmaline, Variety: Liddicoatite
| Chemical Formula: | Ca(Li2Al)Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)3F | Size: | | Weight: | | Transparence: | transparent - translucent | Quantity: | | Origin: | Minh Tien Mine, Luc Yen ("Yuang Yang"; "Yueng Yang"), Yenbai (Yen Bai) Province, Vietnam | This is a rare Liddicoatite from the second pocket found in Vietnam in 2005. The color is an intense pinkish red. The specimen is made out of 4 to 5 twinned single crystals, all with fine lustrous terminated head. At one side still some muscovite is attached. This is an undamaged fine reference specimen which is rarely found nowadays.
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