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EG29AM1: Partial novelty for the 2020 Munich Virtual show. Elbaite crystals with well defined faces and edges, between transparent and translucent, with good luster, and a yellow prism with greenish tones and a black geometric rhombohedral terminal zone popularly known as a “Black Cap”. On matrix, with Quartz and Feldspar crystals. The locality name differs from what has been given so far for similar specimens, and we do not know whether there are in fact two different localities or not.
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region Morocco (04/2020)
Specimen size: 7.1 × 7.1 × 5 cm = 2.80” × 2.80” × 1.97”
Main crystal size: 2 × 0.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.20”
Fluorescence in the matrix (short and long UV)
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