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Elbaite Quartz & Lepidolite

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Description
Locality: 
Pala District, San Diego County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13.2 × 6.3 × 6 cm
Weight: 
344.00gr
Description

A purple-pink elbaite tourmaline crystal that measures 2.2 cm long, on lepidolite on albite.  The specimen also has terminated quartz crystals that protrude vertically from the purple lepidolite.  Very aesthetic specimen!

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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...

Quartz

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

Lepidolite

Synonym Of: 

Mica Group

Formula: 

KLi2Al(Si4O10)(F,OH)2 to K(Li1.5Al1.5)(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2

Group Parent: 
Mica
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5
Colour: 
Pink, light purple, light rose red
Streak: 
White

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