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Elbaite

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Description
Locality: 
Stak Nala, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.6 × 1.4 cm
Description

A pair of intersecting doubly terminated elbaite crystals, The first tourmaline is typical of Stak Nala. A  flat termination at one end and pyramidal at the other, the colour along this crystal is dark green for half its lenght and a light blue green the other.

The second crystal whilst having the similiar terminations is a light blue along its entirety

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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