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Elbaite

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Locality: 
Himalaya Mine, San Diego County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.1 × 1.8 × 1.8 cm
Weight: 
9.00gr
Description

A thumbnail steal that you shouldn't miss out on. A single-terminated (the green side) bicolor elbaite crystal from the world-famous Himalaya Mine in San Diego County rests atop an all around terminated quartz floater. A classic from this now closed mine that produced some of the world's best tourmalines. Mined by Brian Lorenz in the early 2000s.

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...

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