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Dravite

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Description
Locality: 
Yinnietharra, Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.7 × 7.2 × 7 cm
Weight: 
333.00gr
Description

A complete euhedral, short prismatic dravite crystal of good lustre and brown colour, from the already classic Australian locality of Yinnietharra, considered as the world’s best dravites. It is perfectly terminated with one of the ends showing indentations where the contact with the matrix was.

Ex Gerard Vogel specimen, who purchased this piece at the 1984 Tucson Show.

Combine specimens to reduce shipping costs!.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dravite

Formula: 
Na(Mg3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Strunz: 
9.CK.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Type Locality: 
Dobrova, Dravograd (Unterdrauburg), Slovenia

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