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Elbaite Var Rubellite

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Elbaite Var Rubellite

ex Roger Lang pers. coll.
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Description
Locality: 
Malkhan, Krasnyi Chikoy, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 3.6 × 2.5 cm
Description

Fine small miniature with translucent intense pink terminated elbaite on quartz / feldspar matrix. From my personal collection, formerly on display at the Palatina Mining Museum. I got this specimen from former colleague Elena Badanina from St. Petersburg in the early 1990s, it has been in my possesion since then.

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...

Rubellite

Variety Of: 

Tourmaline

Formula: 
A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Hardness: 
7
Hardness: 
0.0

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Best regards Roger

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