Elbaite

Elbaite : [Na][(Li,Al)₃][Al₆][(OH)₃|OH|(BO₃)₃|Si₆O₁₈]

Locality: Mokhovaya pegmatite, Danburitovaya pegmatite vein, Malkhan pegmatite field (Malchan), Krasnyi Chikoy, Chitinskaya Oblast', Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

A cathedral-shaped cluster of parallel grown amber-red tourmaline crystals, 9 cm tall. Terminations are combinations of pyramid, rhombohedral and pedion faces. Likely from the Mokhovaya pegmatite

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Elbaite : [Na][(Li,Al)₃][Al₆][(OH)₃|OH|(BO₃)₃|Si₆O₁₈]