TM49AI2: Some minerals are fortunate, either for the time they were discovered, or by the circumstances of their discovery or even by the place where they were found and beyond their greater or lesser beauty, of having become true myths of mineralogy. This is what happens with the Grandidierite of which, in addition, recent discoveries of an exceptional quality have been made to date, as is the case with this splendid individual flattened crystal with faces and edges unusually sharp and with the top termination very well defined while the lower termination is polycrystalline and somewhat rough. The crystal is bright, between transparent and translucent and it has a very deep and uniform bluish-green color.
Tranomaro Commune, Tranomaro-Maromby mining area, Amboasary District, Anosy Region  Madagascar (02-06/2017)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 1 × 0.3 cm = 1.54” × 0.39” × 0.12”