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Elbaite Tourmaline & Quartz

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Elbaite Tourmaline & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Naipa Mine, Gilé District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.3 × 6.2 × 3.5 cm
Weight: 
133.00gr
Description

Translucent gemmy green-blue elbaite crystals intergrown with quartz crystals.  Light pink-tan lepidolite covers some of the tourmaline and quartz.  A showy display specimen that stands on its own for display.  Interesting to view from both sides.  Very aesthetic!

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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...

Tourmaline

Formula: 
A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7

Quartz

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

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