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Elbaite On Fluorite

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Elbaite On Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Stak Nala, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 2.6 × 2.3 cm
Description

This is a fine combination piece of elongated Elbaite, tabular Clevelandite and cuboctahedral Fluorite. All three species are well developed and lustrous. The Elbaite is transparent as well and green multicoloured with an excellent termination. The Fluorite is transparent as well and has a nice mint-green colour. The Elbaite has an obviously bad repair on its shaft. A laboraty visit would improve it a lot. 

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...

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic
Wendel Minerals

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