h x w x d (mm):
38 x 19 x 35
Weight (carat):
112
Description:
Cluster of Vorobyevite crystals. A few are tabular but most are semi-transparent and multiterminated at either or both ends, with a light opaque part in the middle. Associated with many small pseudomorphs after pyrite, ample mica and some red tourmaline.
Associations:
tourmaline, mica
Crystallization & Habit:
hexagonal, tabular, pinacoid, multi-terminated
Locality:
Deo Darrah
Kuran Wa Mujan District
Badakhshan, Afghanistan.
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.
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.