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Pollucite With Tourmaline & Cleavelandite

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Pollucite With Tourmaline & Cleavelandite

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Description
Locality: 
Mawi, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 4 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.70cm
Description

An aesthetic specimen of well terminated perfect pulucite in combination with green elbaite and well crystallized cleavelandite.

A nice perfect pollucite specimen

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pollucite

Formula: 
(Cs,Na)2(Al2Si4O12)·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.GB.05
Hardness: 
6.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
La Speranza (Pisani's Quarry), San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy...

Tourmaline

Formula: 
A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7

Cleavelandite

Variety Of: 

Albite

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

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