MQA17 Tourmaline var. Liddicoatite
Mahaiza Commune, Betafo Dist., Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Prov., Madagascar
A nice example of this very distinctive, deeply colored tourmaline from workings around Mahaiza. The crystals on this piece are sitting at the end of an elongated matrix. M
ore often than not, they are seen frozen in the matrixes of rhodizite-londonite specimens from the same locality rather than as standing, terminated crystals.