The Vorobyevite Museum
h x w x d (mm):
50 x 29 x 33
Weight (g):
48
Description:
Clusters of tabular Vorobyevite on cleavelandite matrix, associated with mica and red, blue and red-green tourmaline.
Matrix:
cleavelandite
Associations:
tourmaline, mica
Crystallization & Habit:
hexagonal, tabular, pinacoid, 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.

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

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