The first site is DOBROVA – UNTERDRAUBURG , in the extreme south-east of Carinthia. -Today, the former site lies just above the border in The Rep. Slovenia – but at that time this area was Austria.
First described by the Austrian. Scientist Prof. Chermak in 1883.
The previously unknown TURMALIN Group was a mineral. Sensation and the crystals have been presented in museums and exhibitions all over the world.
MAGNESIUM TURMALINE of the Var. DRAVIT xx
The name comes from the dRAU river, which flows from South Tyrol via Carinthia to Slovenia to the Danube. And the Drava is called DRAVE in Slovenia – hence the name DRAVIT and the applies to ALL Magnesium TURMALINE, no matter where they are found in the world.
For more than 40 years, THERE have been NO more FINDS in the area of TYPLOKALITäT.
Orange-colored-brown DRAVIT crystals in a silvery shiny MUSCOVIT GLIMMER matrix. From theORIGINAL TYPLOKALITäT !
Weight of the stage: 970 g so just under 1 kilogram