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EV96AL7: Partially new after the Sainte Marie Virtual Show 2020. A doubly terminated and floater crystal with polycrystalline terminations that have intergrowths of Mica (probably Margarite) and small acicular crystals of Rutile. The specimen comes from a classic Turkish locality but is distinguished by its great transparency and color, an intense yellow-green under focused natural light and a more yellow under halogen light and with an easily visible dichroism changing between soft red and green tones. This specimen has been photographed and published in the front cover of the Bulletin ‘MiniBul A.G.A.B.’ number 3/2021
Ilbir Mountain, Pinarcik, Milâs District, Muğla Province, Aegean Region Turkey (2020)
Specimen size: 8.6 × 3.3 × 1.5 cm = 3.39” × 1.30” × 0.59”
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