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Elbaite Var Rubellite

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Elbaite Var Rubellite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Himalaya Mine, San Diego County, California, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 0.6 × 0.6 cm
Description

A beautiful dark pink to red doubly terminated rubellite crystal, collected in the 1970's from the Himalaya Mine.

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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