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Quartz With Elbaite Inclusions

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FRN102231

Quartz With Elbaite Inclusions

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu County, Mianyang, Sichuan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5.6 × 3.1 cm
Description

Cluster of fat transparent quartz crystals with several elbaite as inclusion.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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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