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Elbaite & Quartz

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Elbaite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Bräunsdorf, Limbach-Oberfrohna, Zwickau, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Description

This specimen comes from a closed locality which produced some of the best elbaite-specimens in Europe. Most specimens from Bräunsdorf can be found in old collections, new finds are impossible.

This one is something special as the rubellite is grown on quartz, I've rarely ssen it. The tourmaline is 1,6 cm long and shows a beautiful pink color and a dark cap also! It was found in 1988 and comes with 2 lables of the former owners.

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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