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Elbaite

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Description
Locality: 
Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Bahia, Brazil
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 4.7 × 2.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.80cm
Description

Aggregate of gemmy green tourmaline crystals partially covered by white hairy tourmaline?.

Ex. Rudolf Aiger collection, with label. Acquired by René Virlet at the Ste Marie-aux-Mines show in 1972.

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...

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