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Elbaite

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Elbaite

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Description
Locality: 
Forcioni, Sant'Ilario in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.4 × 7.8 × 4.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Weight: 
253.00gr
Description

Sizeable aplitic drusy consisting of numerous dark to olive green elbaite crystals perched on top of white albite crystals. Tourmalines are fully gemmy and very lustrous, with the main crystals displaying a pyramidal termination. 
In great conditions, best appreciated at 10x magnification. I particularly like the specimen because it is not overly clean, unlike the vast majority of the ones usually seen on the market.

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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