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Elbaite

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Description
Locality: 
Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.1 × 5.7 × 3.4 cm
Description

This is a colourful specimen, featuring two unterminated, lucent crystals of Elbaite contrastful perched on white Quartz matrix. The Elbaite has a light pink colour with  some yellowish parts. It is highly lustrous as well and is showing a fine vertical striation.

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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