Mineral: | Tourmaline, Variety: Elbaite
| Chemical Formula: | Na(Li1,5AL1,5)Al6(BO3)3[Si6O18](OH)3(OH) | Size: | | Weight: | | Transparence: | translucent - transparent | Quantity: | | Origin: | Mine close to Letpanhla village near Mount Pyin Kyi Thaung, Singu Township, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar) | An interesting pink-yellowish to colorless tourmaline crystal with bluish-black head. The crystal shows a unusual pattern at two prism sides. This part looks like terrace shaped wavy lines; each of those has a thin bluish-black layer at the top! This is probably caused by former mica lamellas, which have been dissolved later. You get a fascinating moors head tourmaline!
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