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Elbaite

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Elbaite

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Description
Locality: 
Rosina Vein, San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.7 × 5.9 × 3.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Weight: 
142.00gr
Description

Elegant group of two dark blue/green elbaite crystals on the typical aplite matrix. The tourmalines exhibit excellent elongated shape and lustre, and one of them has a slighly paler tip, showing a mild color zoning under transmitted light. All elbaite crystals feature a pyramidal termination, typically covered by a creamy white fibrous mineral (possibly a zeolite?). On the specimen there is a sizeable white orthoclase (over 1.5 cm) with good lustre.

It could be easily trimmed to make a very sweet miniature!

A specimen dated back to the 70s. 

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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