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Elbaite & Quartz

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Elbaite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Stak Nala, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 2.3 × 2.2 cm
Description

A single dark brownish green terminated elbaite crystal with a single tabular quartz crystal on one side.

The most unusual aspect of this specimen is the termination which has numerous small triangular and hexangonal hillocks across the termination

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...

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
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