Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Tourmaline Var Schorl

Views:
Watches:
SYA1068654

Tourmaline Var Schorl

German Antarctica Expedition GANOVEX I

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Lillie Marleen Camp, Everett Range, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

Lustrous black tourmaline, variety schorl crystals in Admiralty granite.

 

This specimen was found during the first german antarctica expedition

GANOVEX I 1979 / 80.

Rare locality !

From the collection of Dipl. Min. Ulrich Vetter, Hannover - mineralogist of

this expedition

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tourmaline

Formula: 
A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7

Schorl

Formula: 
Na(Fe2+3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Strunz: 
9.CK.05
Hardness: 
7.0

Current price

$

Starting price

$10
(reserve not met) (reserve met)

You are the highest bidder

You have been outbid

Proxy bid set
$
Delayed bid pending at
$
Delayed Bid is Outbid

Your maximum bid $:

(Enter or more)

Start 03 Sep 18:00
End
No. of bids view history

Shipping Information

Postage Area Price
Germany 7 €
7
Europe 9 €
9
World 9 € < 500g
9

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps

Bid History

Full bid history