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The Vorobyevite Museum
h x w x d (mm):
20 x 14 x 16
Weight (carat):
21
Description:
Cluster of colourless tabular vorobyevite crystals, associated with small amounts of red tourmaline.
Matrix:
albite
Associations:
tourmaline
Crystallization & Habit:
hexagonal, tabular, pinacoid
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.

Pinacoid: A pinacoid is composed of only two parallel faces.
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