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Microlite & Elbaite

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Microlite & Elbaite

David Burgess Collection
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Description
Locality: 
Paprook, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 2.3 × 3.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small miniature sample with a perfect, sharp microlite group crystal on a nice pink elbaite prism on albite matrix. From Russell Behnke and David Burgess collections. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Elbaite

Formula: 
Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Strunz: 
9.CK.05
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Fonte del Prete, San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy...

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