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Chrysoberyl (drill bit-twinned crystals) from Ambatomanoina, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar

 
Chrysoberyl (drill bit-twinned crystals) from Ambatomanoina, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar

Chrysoberyl (drill bit-twinned crystals) from Ambatomanoina, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar

Chrysoberyl (drill bit-twinned crystals) from Ambatomanoina, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar

DESCRIPTION:No. 78761
Mineral:Chrysoberyl (drill bit-twinned crystals)
Locality:Ambatomanoina, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
Description:Lustrous transparent-to-translucent yellow-green chrysoberyl crystal with no matrix attached. The chrysoberyl exhibits rare drill bit-habit cyclic twinning with reentrant faces all around the termination edges (resembling a rock drill bit). Collected in 2019
Overall Size:18x13x11 mm
Crystals:18 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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