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2.2" Garnet Cluster with Black Tourmaline (Schorl) - Pakistan
This garnet centered specimen comes from a location in Pakistan, where associations of deep orange/brown garnets, feldspar, golden mica, green epidote, black tourmaline and calcite are typically found. The garnets from this location display a unique pattern, which can be seen along the faces of the crystals when rotated under light. One edge of the specimen contains an aggregation of black tourmaline (schorl) crystals.
Tourmaline is a crystalline boron silicate mineral compounded with elements such as aluminium, iron, magnesium, sodium, lithium, or potassium. Schorl, or black tourmaline, is the most common form of tourmaline, and has been used for everything from jewelry to piezoelectric guitar pickups.
Tourmaline is a crystalline boron silicate mineral compounded with elements such as aluminium, iron, magnesium, sodium, lithium, or potassium. Schorl, or black tourmaline, is the most common form of tourmaline, and has been used for everything from jewelry to piezoelectric guitar pickups.
Garnets are nesosilicates with the general formula X3Y2(SiO4)3. Garnets come in many species, including pyrope, almandine (the most common species), spessartine, uvarovite, andradite and grossular, varieties of which are hessonite, cinnamon-stone, and tsavorite. Garnets are found in a wide variety of colors including red, orange, yellow, green, purple, brown, blue, black, pink, and colorless, though reddish shades are the most common.
SPECIES
Garnet & Black Tourmaline
LOCATION
Raskoh, Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan
SIZE
2.2 x 1.8"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#100405
