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Elbaite

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Description
Locality: 
Virgem Da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.8 × 8.5 × 7.3 cm
Description

A jackstraw like cluster of well developed, olive green Elbaite on matrix. Some of the sharp and highly lustrous crystals are multicoloured with a darker temination. Despite, that not all crystals are perfect it is anyway an aesthetics and impressive specimen.

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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