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Elbaite In Muscovite

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Elbaite In Muscovite

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Description
Locality: 
Varuträsk, Skellefteå, Västerbotten County, Sweden
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.2 × 0.5 cm
Description

Green elbaite in a muscovite sheet

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...

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White