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Elbaite & Schorl

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Elbaite & Schorl

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Description
Locality: 
Pederneira Mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 1 × 1 cm
Description

A very strange elbaite: the lower half is bottlegreen, the upper half black with fibrous terminations. The Pederneira delivers strange gem crystals. From the late 1990's

Acquired: 
1999
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...

Schorl

Formula: 
Na(Fe2+3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Strunz: 
9.CK.05
Hardness: 
7.0

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