Pezzottaite

    PEZZOTTAITE is the red beryl variety from Madagascar (Sakavalana pegmatite, located 25 km south of the village of Mandosonoro, SW of Antsirabe, Fianarantsoa province, central Madagascar) !  They are not as deeply colored as the red beryls from Utah but they are a very deeply colored variety of morganite.  The color can best be described as raspberry.

    The pegmatite where this beryl came from was severely weathered and much of the original minerals have been lost, altered to clay or severely etched. The majority of the beryl crystals are deeply etched or altered - most but not all of them fortunately.  Rarely they are found with matrix.  Most have an almost scepter like form. They are tabular as are all morganites and they are terminated with a pinacoid (001) lined by a uniform pyramid (102) face. Prism (100) faces are present also but generally etched or altered to form a thin rind covering unaltered and rich lilac colored material.  The bottom of the crystals are typically tapered due to etching but still display crystal faces.  In almost all cases these can be considered floaters.

    Here there are some of the best I got up from my direct source from Madagascar !

 



MAD-B48

PEZZOTTAITE

Sakavalana pegmatite, Mandosonoro, SW of Antsirabe, Fianarantsoa province, Madagascar - A great specimen with several pezzottaite crystals, all terminated ! The crystal size is up to 0.7 cm and all show a nice pink color. There are also some smaller pezzottaites scattered on the matrix. Overall size is 4.5x3x3.5 cm.

€ 270


MAD-C04

PEZZOTTAITE

Sakavalana pegmatite, located 25 km south of the village of Mandosonoro, SW of Antsirabe, Fianarantsoa province, Madagascar - Nicely terminated pezzottaite crystal on matrix. The crystal is 3 mm in size and shows well on the small matrix. Overall size is 1.5x1.5x0.7 cm.

€ 40


MAD-C05

PEZZOTTAITE

Sakavalana pegmatite, located 25 km south of the village of Mandosonoro, SW of Antsirabe, Fianarantsoa province, Madagascar - Terminated bright pink crystal of pezzottaite on matrix. The crystal is 0.5 cm in size. Overall size is 1.7x1.5x1.5 cm.

€ 65


MAD-C06

PEZZOTTAITE

Sakavalana pegmatite, located 25 km south of the village of Mandosonoro, SW of Antsirabe, Fianarantsoa province, Madagascar - This specimen hosts several perfectly terminated pezzottaite crystals. The crystals have a nice bright pink color and are up to 2-3 mm in size. Really showy specimen of 2.5x1.2x1.2 cm.

€ 55


MAD-C07

PEZZOTTAITE

Sakavalana pegmatite, located 25 km south of the village of Mandosonoro, SW of Antsirabe, Fianarantsoa province, Madagascar - A bright pink/red pezzottaite crystal is well exposed and perfectly terminated on the feldspar matrix of this rock. The crystal size is 2-3 mm. Overall size is 2.5x2.5x2 cm.

€ 35



MAD-C08

PEZZOTTAITE and LIDDICOATITE

Sakavalana pegmatite, located 25 km south of the village of Mandosonoro, SW of Antsirabe, Fianarantsoa province, Madagascar - A great pezzottaite specimen ! This rock hosts sevral pezzottaite crystals but the largest is 0.6x0.4 cm ! The others are around 2-3 mm. There are also several liddicoatite crystals around. Overall size is 3.5x3.5x2.5 cm.

€ 120

 

PEZ-2
0.4 cm  35 €

Very nice crystal of pezzottaite. The crystal is typically terminated and well shaped, and it is 3 mm. The color is pink/reddish.

PEZ-4
1x1x0.8 cm  35 €


This specimen hosts 2 perfectly terminated crystals of pezzottaite. Their color is clearly visible on the black of the shorls that form the matrix. Both of them are terminated and are up to 2 mm in size. Nice !
PEZ-8
Terminated 0.3 cm crystal  25 €

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