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Elbaite With Quartz & Feldspar

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Elbaite With Quartz & Feldspar

ex coll. H.K.Winter, Munich
Gem Crystal

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Description
Locality: 
Forcioni, Sant'Ilario in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5.6 × 3.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

Very rare yellow-tipped elbaite crystal with a greenish base, grown together with two quartz crystals. I'm sure the elbaite must be 2 cm as the diameter is 1.2 cm! Most of the crystal is covered by matrix but with little effort more of the crystal could be layed open easily.

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...

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Feldspar

Group Parent: 
Feldspar Group

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