- MD-256889
- Pezzottaite
- Sakavalana mine, Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro area, Ambatofinandrahana District, Ampandramaika-Malakialina Pegmatite Field, Amoron'i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar
- Thumbnail, 1.8 x 1.7 x 0.6 cm
- SOLD
A gorgeous, vivid pink, gemmy and euhedral pezzottaite crystal. The crystal has textbook tabular, hexagonal crystal form. Pezzottaite is the very rare cesium analogue of beryl, first discovered in 2002. These caused a lot of excitement when they came out and were at first, called raspberry beryl.