Mineral: Tourmaline (variety rubellite), Quartz
Locality: Gaoligong Mountains, Nujiang Valley, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
Dimensions: 4,5 x 3 cm

Description: This piece was sold to me as originating definitely from Gaoligong Mountains. The tourmalines look like those that are known to be from Momeik, Myanmar. The Gaoligongshan is the mountain chain at the border between China and Myanmar, so it seems possible to find similar pegmatites on both sides of the border.

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