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Elbaite Tourmaline

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Description
Locality: 
Stewart Mine, Pala, San Diego County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

Fine specimen with a colourful elbaite “sun”. The sun shows a pink colour in the centre and a purple colour at the outer zone.

The specimen comes from the collection of Dr. G. Jung, who received it in 1965.

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

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€6.50
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€10
USA (tracked, temporary price)
€36
European Union (tracked > 1 kg)
€18
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