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 old Liddicoatite crystal from Vietnam found in 2004. The crystal is not damaged, apart from the base. The prism sides are showing contact faces without any crystalline fracture the termination is made up multiple parallel crystals all showing trigonal lustrous termination. The color is a great strong pinkish red!
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