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Elbaite In Muscovite

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Elbaite In Muscovite

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Locality: 
Ravensthorpe Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 3.8 × 2.8 cm
Description

Three light blue green elbaite crystals in muscovite from a pegmatite in the Ravensthorpe mining District of Western Australia.

The widest of the three crystal sections display a black core in contrast  to the blue green exterior.

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...

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Earthstones Australia

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