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Pezzottaite, "Tourmaline" and Albite- Sakavalana mine, Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro area, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar
(#:MINS7905)
A 84mm Pezzottaite Crystal with very numerous other microcrystals is implanted on large Polylithionite's sheets, with "Tourmaline" (Liddicoatite?), and Albite up to 2 cm long. Interesting and aesthetic sample at the same time.
Formula :
Cs(Be
2
Li)Al
2
(Si
6
O
18
)
System:
trigonal
Hardness:
8
Rarity:
rare
Strunz id:III/C.1-20 - HALOGENIDES
Name origin:
Named by Brendan M. Laurs, et al. in 2003 in honor of Federico Pezzotta (28 October 1965, Bergamo, Italy - ), petrologist and curator at the Museo Civico, Milano, Italy, for his work on Madagascar granitic pegmatites.
Specimen weight:84 gr.
Crystal size:4 mm
Overall size: 50mm x 38 mm x 35 mm
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