MLID31 Tourmaline var. Liddicoatite on Quartz
Mt Ibity, Antsirabé 2 Dist., Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Prov., Madagascar
1.8x 1.6x 1.3 cm
$78
A nice thumbnail, with a terminated liddicoatite tourmaline on a bit of quartz. Matrix specimens fromt his locality are very hard to find, as the specimens are manually dug out of a decomposed pegmatite. The only chance for matrix specimens is when the tourmaline is intergrown with quartz.
