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TR1AM5: Elbaite crystal with very well-defined faces and edges, lustrous, transparent, and with clear color zoning, intense pink-magenta around the termination. It also shows partial dissolution of later recrystallized Elbaite. Coated with crystallized Albite and on a matrix of platy Albite crystals.
Stak Nala is an area located in the western Himalayas, renowned for its zoned granitic pegmatites producing high-quality elbaites (tourmalines), often bi- or tricolored, associated with Albite, Mica, and Quartz. It is one of the world’s most iconic localities for collector-grade tourmalines.
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas) Pakistan
Specimen size: 7 × 3.4 × 3.3 cm = 2.76” × 1.34” × 1.30”
Main crystal size: 5 × 1.5 cm = 1.97” × 0.59”
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