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| Name | TOURMALINE ELBAITE | | Variety | RUBELLITE | | Origin | Bamburro Pocket, Itatiaia
Minas Gerais
(Brazil) | | Hardness | 7 - 7,5 | | Composition | Na(Li,Al)3Al6(BO3)3 Si6O18(OH)4 | | Crystaline sys. | TRIGONAL
| | Size | 14 x 2,5 x 2,2 cm | | Weight | 144 g |
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Description:
In 1978 two brazilians, Jonas Lima and Ailton Barbosa, staged one of the major events in the history of the tourmalines with the discovery of a cavity from which they extracted large amounts of wonderful crystals of rubelite. This specimen is one of them. |
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TOURMALINE ELBAITE 
VARIETY RUBELLITE
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