Dark indigo-blue Vorobyevite

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The Vorobyevite Museum

h x w x d (mm):

18 x 10 x 10

Weight (carat):

Description:

Thumbnail sized piece of Vorobyevite, probably on an albite matrix (not visible), coated with very small dark indigo-blue Vorobyevite crystals.

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.