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Liddicoatite Tourmaline (Fluor-Liddicoatite) on Microcline from Anjanabonoina, near Antsirabé, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar (Type Locality for Liddicoatite = near Antsirabé)

DESCRIPTION:	No. 77282
Mineral:	Liddicoatite Tourmaline (Fluor-Liddicoatite) on Microcline
Locality:	Anjanabonoina, near Antsirabé, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar (Type Locality for Liddicoatite = near Antsirabé)
Description:	Lustrous transparent pink liddicoatite tourmaline crystals in a linear group running diagonally across a thin gray microcline crystal fragment. This is likely the fluorine-dominant species Fluor-Liddicoatite.
Overall Size:	6x4x1 cm
Crystals:	1-9 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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