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RE77K8: Tabular crystals, very deep and brilliant black in color with a string of Muscovite crystals in the upper third. Classic for the species, a contact twin on {100} is readily seen by the offset which forms the "ledge" upon which the Muscovite crystals are attached.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 2, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region Portugal (±1974)
Specimen size: 6.3 × 5.3 × 1.6 cm = 2.48” × 2.09” × 0.63”
With handwritten note from the Folch Collection (duplicates)
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