The Vorobyevite Museum
h x w x d (mm):
39 x 29 x 32
Weight (carat):
135
Description:
Cluster of tabular Vorobyevite with acicular structures in recesses and tabular crystals, associated with red and grey tourmaline.
Associations:
tourmaline
Crystallization & Habit:
hexagonal, tabular, acicular
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.

Acicular: Acicular, in mineralogy, refers to a crystal habit composed of slender, needle-like crystals.