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Elbaite Var Rubellite

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Elbaite Var Rubellite

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Description
Locality: 
Londonderry Li Deposit, Nepean, Western Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 2.3 × 2 cm
Description

A section of pink translucent elbaite crystal with well developed striations from the Londonderry Mining district.

This crystal has been fractured insitu and shows some minor weathering on one side.

Oldtime specimen, seldom seen anymore for sale.

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
Earthstones Australia

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