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Elbaite With Quartz & Cleavelandite

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Elbaite With Quartz & Cleavelandite

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Description
Locality: 
Beni Bouzra, Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.7 × 1.7 cm
Weight: 
6.00gr
Description

Top fine gemmy pink tourmaline crystal. The sample is very aesthetic display with Elbaite embedded in quartz crystal. The prism in striated and very bright.

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

Cleavelandite

Variety Of: 

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Hardness: 
0.0