Large Vorobyevite crystals

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The Vorobyevite Museum

h x w x d (mm):

51 x 87 x 72

Weight (g):

329

Matrix:

albite, cleavelandite

Associations:

tourmaline

Crystallization & Habit:

hexagonal, tabular

Locality:

Deo Darrah
Kuran Wa Mujan District
Badakhshan, Afghanistan.

Terminology

Hexagonal: Having six sides.

Tabular: Said of a feature having two dimensions that are much larger or longer than the third.