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Elbaite

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Locality: 
Mount Denison, Yuendumu, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 5.5 × 3.6 cm
Description

A new find of elbaite, a rather rare mineral in Australia, from mount denison area near  Yuendumu in the Northern Territory.

This crudely terminated crystal is heavily striated with a satin luster and displays multiple generations of growth. The colour is a rather odd blue green , almost sea green, there is a fibrous mass of fine crystals to one side of the crystal and an odd shaped chip or contact. There is reddish tint on one area near the base of the crystal that I suspect is an iron inclusion of some type.

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...
Earthstones Australia

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