tourmaline - pezzottaite

Name: pezzottaite variety tourmaline on orthoclase and quartz

Origin: ambatovita, madagascar

Size: 3.5 x 2cm

very shiny

Pezzottaite is a new mineral from the Beryl group, a cerium-beryl. The only deposit of this very rare mineral in Madagascar has already been exploited. Single crystals of Pezzottaite are already very rare, but it is even more difficult to obtain specimens like this, an uncommon collector's item.