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Elbaite With Pollucite

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Elbaite With Pollucite

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Description
Locality: 
Kunar Province, Afghanistan
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 7.2 × 2.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.50cm
Description

A superb specimen of  well terminated  , lustrous , rich green color tourmaline incombination with rare pulucite from the world famed pegamtite Kunar  Laghman.

A thin layer of lepidolite can also be seen at back side of the specimen.

There is natural etching on pulucite & most of the main tourmaline crystals are perfect  , while only two or three very small tourmaline crystal in the cluster have minor chips, Any way the specimen can be count as perferct.

A really nice combined specimen for its typical locality

 

 

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...

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...

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