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Elbaite

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Description
Locality: 
Haapaluoma Pegmatite, Peräseinäjoki, Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 4.2 × 2.5 cm
Description

A terminated deep purplish pink elbaite crystal in matrix , the base of the crystal has been fractured revealin the purplish pink exterior is a rind iwth a further pale green rind leading to a blue black core, a lot more complex specimen than thought a first glance.

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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