Mineral: | Tourmaline, Variety: Vanadium Uvite (Verdelite)
| Chemical Formula: | (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+)3(Al, V)5Mg(BO3)3Si6O18(OH,F)4 | Size: | | Weight: | | Transparence: | | Quantity: | | Origin: | Pyan Gyi mine (West of Pyan Pyit), northeast of Mogok, Burma (Myanmar) | Pretty big, prismatic Uvite Crystal from Burma. The specimen is kind of doubly terminated the base is recrystallized. The crystal is made of a bundle of intergrown prismatic crystal quite similar to pinkish Liddicoatite crystals from Vietnam. The Vanadium content is quite high and the specimen discloses a deep red coloration under the Chelsea filter.
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