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Elbaite & Quartz

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Elbaite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13.2 × 9.9 × 3.2 cm
Description

This is a fine elbaite specimen from famous Paprok in Afghanistan. The well developed elbaite crystals are partially transparent, mostly well terminated and highly lustrous. The colour changes from medium pink to green. The well vertical striated crystals are accompanied by crystalliced quartz and pale pink lepidolite. A colourful specimen,- and a cabinet sized piece.

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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