Stunning Rare Liddicoatite Tourmaline- Collectors Piece, Home Décor Crystals resembling a watermelon and it’s

resembling a watermelon and it’s rind

it is often a dark gray to black alteration product of manganous carbonate or silicate minerals

Aegirine With Feldspar From Mount Malosa

Terminated Emerald In Matrix From Sandawana Mine

Stunning Rare Liddicoatite Tourmaline- Collectors Piece, Home Décor Crystals resembling a watermelon and it’sStunning Rare Liddicoatite Tourmaline Collectors Piece, Home Dcor Weight 20g Size 3. 5cm by 1. 5cm Thickness 1. 5cm Liddicoatite is an uncommon form of Tourmaline, almost identical in chemical composition to Elbaite, but with a calcium atom replacing a sodium atom in its chemical formula. Liddicoatite was not recognized as a separate Tourmaline species until 1977. Prior to that time, it was thought to be Elbaite. The original discovery of Liddicoatite