h x w x d (mm):
82 x 31 x 65
Weight (g):
183
Description:
Large specimen of multi-terminated Vorobyevite.
Associations:
albite
Crystallization & Habit:
multi-terminated
Locality:
Deo Darrah
Kuran Wa Mujan District
Badakhshan, Afghanistan.
Kuran Wa Mujan District
Badakhshan, Afghanistan.
Terminology
Multi-terminated: Multi-termination refers to a habit in which a columnar hexagonal crystal is terminated by multiple needle-like elements, which are often serrated. This is neither an <i>official</i> term, nor is the Vorobyevite Museum hung up on it, but you have to call it something.