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Elbaite

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Elbaite

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Description
Locality: 
Stak Nala, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.6 × 1.5 cm
Description

A fine, well developed and also well terminated single crystal of elabite. It is mirror bright, sharp edged and has a distinct vertical striation. It is translucent to transparent, but mostly too dark to recognize. The colour is blue-green in some shades. Undamaged!

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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