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Elbaite & Cleavelandite

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FRN105619

Elbaite & Cleavelandite

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Description
Locality: 
Stak Nala, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 2 × 2.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

This specimen is terminated and a floater with snow white cleavelandite. It has the characteristic pink prism on the top and a flat multi-zoned green on the end. There is another smaller but fully terminated green elbaite crystal attached on the side.

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...

Cleavelandite

Variety Of: 

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Hardness: 
0.0
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