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 Post subject: Watizzit3
PostPosted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:57 pm 
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clue: according to my name I'm all mixed up...


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nobody yet... :P

this material crystallizes in a trigonal structure...


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im guessing , ok :oops: Tourmaline ?


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Trichates (sp) in tourmaline?


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yups, a nice two phase and a couple of trichites in a pink tourmaline. It's name comes from the sinhalese word 'turmali' meaning mixed after the different colours and the zoning it can display.


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