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Elbaite With Zanazziite

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Elbaite With Zanazziite

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Description
Locality: 
Taquaral Seco Mine, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.6 × 9.4 × 4.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.60cm
Weight: 
360.00gr
Description

A an Absolute rarity specimen of Zoned Watermelon Elbaite (20mm thick) set on a quartz Matrix and crowned with around 10 Balls of the Rare Phosphate Zanazziite. 

The Elbaite presents a very rare composition in which one side presents the Tyipical Zoned Watermelon (however with the rare Cream-Brown Colour in the Center) and the other tip has no zoned aspect.

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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...

Zanazziite

Formula: 
Ca2Mg5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.DA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ilha claim, Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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