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Red tourmaline


Red tourmaline
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Copyright: Frank Durette (ffrank007) Silver Note Writer [C: 6 W: 0 N: 17] (121)
Genre: Landscapes
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-10-09
Categories: Mountain
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/125 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-03-09 22:42
Viewed: 4273
Points: 2
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
It look pretty much like tourmaline, nobody is sure about it. Do you have any idea ?

Been observed in a pegmatite dyke.
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Hi Frank
This could be a Ruby, Garnet, Red Spinel, Red topaz, Red Tourmaline, Tugtupite, just to name a few red minerals. It's really beautiful what ever it is.
In one my books it was saying Ruby's can have white lines through it.
Janice

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  • mlines Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 556 W: 26 N: 668] (3116)
  • [2007-03-13 21:08]

Hi Frank. The crystals sure look like tourmaline, but here ours is normall pure black. Good close up of this specimen. TFS. Murray.

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