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Elbaite & Rock Crystal

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Elbaite & Rock Crystal

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Description
Locality: 
Himalaya Mine, San Diego County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 2.2 × 1.6 cm
Description

Rose-colored elbaite crystal of 30 mm length ingrown to a rock crystal from the legendary Himalaya mine. The elbaite has a clean termination at the top and sprouts into multiple terminations at the bottom, where it is partially covered by some carbonatic adherent. There are further minor elbaites at bottom and backside of the rock crystal. No significant damage.

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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...

Rock Crystal

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
Hardness: 
0.0
Video

Elbaite on Quartz - Himalaya Mine

JN Minerals

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