Schorl Tourmaline
Black tourmaline masses up to 7 x 10 cm, called colloform schorls, which formed in silica-rich rock without any melting taking place, such as in ore deposits in Azerbaijan. A well-known specimen is the Huge Tourmaline Crystal, a black tourmaline or schorl weighing 8 kilograms, from Overlook, New York, USA, found in 1942
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