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Elbaite

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Description
Locality: 
Grotta d'Oggi, San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 2.8 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.40cm
Description

Perfectly terminated elbaite crystals on well balanced miniature of Elban aplite. Dark blue to black individuals proudly stand alongside white plagioclase and colorless quartz crystals, with great lustre and occasionally basal green areas.
Very elegant, this is a specimen that I have in my collection since I acquired it at a local mineral show in Italy in the early 2000s.

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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