tsilaisite
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Tsilaisite is a manganese rich variety of elbaite tourmaline. It is also known as Tsilaizite. Tsilaisite is related Fluor-tsilaisite. The gem is named after the location it was first found.
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- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 9.CK.05
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- Tsl
- chemical formula
- NaMn²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)
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Tsilaisite is a manganese rich variety of elbaite tourmaline. It is also known as Tsilaizite. Tsilaisite is related Fluor-tsilaisite. The gem is named after the location it was first found.
== History == It was first reported in the Tsilaisina (also called Tsilaizina) Mine in Vakinankaratra, Madagascar.
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