The Vorobyevite Museum
h x w x d (mm):
40 x 17 x 28
Weight (carat):
85
Description:
Cluster of tabular Vorobyevite crystals, combined with red tourmaline, mica and acicular structures within recesses and tabular Vorobyevite crystals.
Associations:
tourmaline, mica
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.