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Elbaite In Quartz

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Elbaite In Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Londonderry Li Deposit, Nepean, Western Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 7.6 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
4.50cm
Description

Watermelon tourmalines with a blue green outer and red cores from one of the few commerically worked tourmaline deposits in Australia.

This specimen which features numerous elbaite crystals to 4.5 cm in bull quartz, was collected in the 1990's during field exploration work in the Londonderry Pegmatite District.

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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