Tourmaline from
Cap de Creus, Cadaqués, Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
| Locality type: | Cape | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | 'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species) | |
| Formula: | AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z | |
| Comments: | According to Pura Alfonso et al. (see ref.) "All the tourmalines from the Cap de Creus pegmatites belong to the schorl-dravite and schorl-fiotite series, and the elbaite component is absent even in the most Li-rich pegmatites of the field." The only Cap de Creus rubellite reference, a photo of the book Minerales de España by J. Mollfulleda ( http://www.foro-minerales.com/forum/download.php?id=158723 ) is most likely mislabeled / mistaken The reference cited below (Barreche E.) refers to a brown tourmaline which is probably dravite. | |
| Abundance at site: | Extremely Rare | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Erroneously Reported | |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | ||
| Quartz | 2 | |
| Pegmatite | 2 | |
| Schorl | 2 | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Tourmaline data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Cap de Creus, Cadaqués, Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 997251 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:997251:3 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
| Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline | ||
| 73.5km (45.6 miles) | ⓘPic Barbet, Taurinya, Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France | |
| References | ||
Cap de Creus, Cadaqués, Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain