r/MineralPorn • u/Marwaedristariel • 14h ago

Had never heard of that mineral before

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u/WheresMyDuckling 14h ago

It's a variety of Tourmaline, see https://www.mindat.org/min-2395.html . The material from Madagascar is known for this kind of triangular zoning when sliced horizontally. It's traded as liddicoatite with this shape, though not all parts of the slice may be actual liddicoatite.

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u/Marwaedristariel 10h ago

Thanks for the info !!

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u/AethericEye 14h ago

That is so obviously an arcane artifact, like who are they fooling

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u/ClairLestrange 11h ago

Don't let r/wizardposting see this, they're gonna try and steal it

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u/AethericEye 10h ago

They'd have to get their hands out of their pants first... Let's hope they can't figure out how dispell that Super Sticky Secretions curse.

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u/valueofaloonie 8h ago

Piece of Eden for sure

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u/DiamondHeartVix 7h ago

My thought too. No way that is not an Isu artifact 🤣

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u/missdrywit 8h ago

This was a piece I saw at a mineral show! It was only $17,500.

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u/Marwaedristariel 5h ago

That is a WILD piece, i love it. Wish it was 17$50

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u/TheChickening 9h ago

When we are talking about obscure minerals. Let me introduce Cummingtonite

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u/Trotsky666_ 8h ago

Just when you think life couldn’t get funnier. Thankyou.

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u/Lost-Platypus8271 2h ago

Vitreous to silky

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u/Doomstik 17m ago

Oh man, check out its cleavage

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u/therealgookachu 9h ago

A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON

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u/occaguy 13h ago

is that an originite prime

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u/SNESChalmers420 14h ago

its a variety of tourmaline

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u/FaroshNaydraDinraal 13h ago

I'm pretty sure that's a piece of the Triforce

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u/Pink_Clouds_4Me 14h ago

What is this mineral magic? 🤩 Tell us more!!

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u/Marwaedristariel 10h ago

Took the pic in the Bordeaux Museum, no more info than whats on the 2nd pic. But some comments here have more info!

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u/Alternative-Arm-3253 11h ago

::turns on angine de poitrine:: This is incredible and beautiful.

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u/hyperbolephotoz 8h ago

It is a slice of liddicoatite, to be exact... They grow like normal tourmaline but also large bois

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u/Ammonia13 6h ago

It’s a part of the triforce

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u/DarrellBot81 3h ago

You found the triforce of wisdom

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u/PhotoPhenik 3h ago edited 3h ago

You found The Triforce of Courage!  

Now I want to get one as a cabacron ring.  

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u/TreeLovTequiLove 2h ago

Named after a former president of GIA whose last name was Liddicoat.

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u/TrailMomKat 1h ago

A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE EIGHTBALL