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Elbaite On Spodumene

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Elbaite On Spodumene

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Description
Locality: 
Papra, Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 2.8 × 1.8 cm
Description

Several light green elbaite crystals growing on the side of a doubly terminated spodumene crystal

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...

Spodumene

Formula: 
LiAlSi2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Colour: 
colorless, yellow
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Utö Mines, Utö, Södermanland, Sweden
Earthstones Australia

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