Mineral: | Tourmaline, Variety: Elbaite (Rubellite) / Quartz / Feldspar, Variety: Microcline / Muscovite | Chemical Formula: | Na(Li1,5AL1,5)Al6(BO3)3[Si6O18](OH)3(OH) / SiO2 / KAlSi3O8 / KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH,F)2 | Size: | | Weight: | | Transparence: | transparent - translucent | Quantity: | | Origin: | Mine close to Letpanhla village near Mount Pyin Kyi Thaung, Singu Township, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar) | Here you get a fine rubellite cabinet from the Letpanhla mine with massive tourmaline crystals together with quartz and muscovite on feldspar. The crystals are all undamaged and partly flat terminated with tiny crystals on the top or trigonal terminated with lustrous faces.
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