35 x 90 x 70 mm - 263 (g)
70 x 157 x 90 mm - 734 (g)
52 x 125 x 90 mm - 495 (g)
Pronouncing VoRobYeVite is easy if you know how to do it.
Vorobyevite is also called rosterite.
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66 x 30 x 57 mm - 46 (g)
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40 x 26 x 37 mm - 37 (g)
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109 x 35 x 68 mm - 176 (g)
Vorobyevite was named after the Russian mineralogist, Anatoly Nikolaevich Vorobyev, who found it in the Lovozero Massif of the Kola Peninsula in Russia.
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64 x 26 x 42 mm - 52 (g)
18 x 10 x 14 mm - 21 carat
48 x 25 x 47 mm - 54 (g)
14 x 8 x 12 mm - 11 carat
11 x 3 x 9 mm - 2 carat
38 x 19 x 35 mm - 112 carat
All pieces shown on this site are from Deo Darrah, Afghanistan.
20 x 14 x 16 mm - 21 carat
16 x 8 x 15 mm - 9 carat
26 x 12 x 14 mm - 22 carat
18 x 10 x 10 mm - 8 carat
39 x 14 x 18 mm - 36 carat
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49 x 29 x 35 mm - 45 (g)
The chemical formula of vorobyevite is Be3Al2Si6O18. It is generally regarded as an alkali beryl, implying that it contains alkali metals such as sodium, potassium or caesium, but vorobyevite is a still poorly understood mineral. This is why not everybody recognizes it as a new species under current mineralogical rules. Still under debate is what causes vorobyevite's unique morphology, the tabular hexagonal crystals or the multi-terminated variety.