Mineral: | Tourmaline, Variety: Elbaite (Rubellite) / Hambergite
| Chemical Formula: | Na(Li1,5AL1,5)Al6(BO3)3[Si6O18](OH)3(OH) / Be2BO3(OH) | Size: | | Weight: | | Transparence: | | Quantity: | | Origin: | Palelni mine, Khetchel (Khat Che) village, Molo quarter, Momeik Township, Burma (Myanmar) | Here you get a hambergite crystal in a mushroom tourmaline, quartz feldspar matrix.
The specimen discloses less idiomorphic perfectness rather shows the typical paragenesis of hambergite from the Khetchel mine. The hambergite crystals discloses prism faces but no termination, beside the crystal you see the former imprint of another hambergite crystal in this compact matrix. The whole matrix is interspersed with mushroom rubellite crystals.
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