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EX87AM1: Partial novelty at the 2020 Munich Virtual show. Elongated Elbaite crystal with a scepter growth at the base and polycrystalline upper termination, between transparent and translucent, with dominant golden and bronze tones and geometric color zoning. On matrix, with Feldspar and Quartz 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: 10.3 × 7.6 × 5.8 cm = 4.06” × 2.99” × 2.28”
Main crystal size: 3.5 × 0.6 cm = 1.38” × 0.24”
Fluorescence in the matrix (short and long UV)
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