59 x 89 x 58 mm - 319 (g)
35 x 44 x 19 mm - 45 (g)
55 x 90 x 65 mm - 249 (g)
Pronouncing VoRobYeVite is easy if you know how to do it.
Vorobyevite is also called rosterite.
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79 x 38 x 57 mm - 161 (g)
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39 x 29 x 32 mm - 135 carat
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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38 x 19 x 35 mm - 112 carat
16 x 8 x 15 mm - 9 carat
20 x 14 x 16 mm - 21 carat
18 x 13 x 13 mm - 23 carat
14 x 8 x 12 mm - 11 carat
49 x 29 x 35 mm - 45 (g)
All pieces shown on this site are from Deo Darrah, Afghanistan.
26 x 12 x 14 mm - 22 carat
18 x 10 x 10 mm - 8 carat
45 x 22 x 27 mm - 22 (g)
12 x 9 x 13 mm - 13 carat
28 x 17 x 26 mm - 38 carat
20 x 14 x 21 mm - 26 carat
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42 x 29 x 34 mm - 91 carat
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.