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Elbaite On Cleavelandite

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Elbaite On Cleavelandite

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Description
Locality: 
Paprook, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.7 × 6.8 × 3.1 cm
Description

Two gemmy pale pink elbaite crystals with mint green terminations on a handsized plate of clevelandite crystals

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...

Cleavelandite

Variety Of: 

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Hardness: 
0.0
Earthstones Australia

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