h x w x d (mm):
22 x 13 x 9
Weight (g):
11
Description:
Mulititerminated banded Vorobyevite crystals on albite matrix.
Matrix:
albite
Crystallization & Habit:
pinacoid, multi-terminated
Locality:
Deo Darrah
Kuran Wa Mujan District
Badakhshan, Afghanistan.
Kuran Wa Mujan District
Badakhshan, Afghanistan.
Terminology
Pinacoid: A pinacoid is composed of only two parallel faces.
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.