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Morganite With Elbaite

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Morganite With Elbaite

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Description
Locality: 
Papra, Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 1.1 × 2.1 cm
Description

An aesthetic specimen   , well terminated morganite crystal is host to elbaite crystals.

Minor etching can be seen through morganite. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Morganite

Variety Of: 

Beryl

Formula: 
Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.05
Hardness: 
7.5 - 8.0
Hardness: 
0.0

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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