Mineral: Tourmaline + Quartz
Locality: Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Dimensions: 6 x 6 x 5 cm

Description: C-axis of quartz in not parallel to the tourmaline basal plane but somewhat inclined. It seems be parallel to the flat trigonal pyramid {101} edge marked in red.

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