35 x 44 x 19 mm - 45 (g)
55 x 90 x 65 mm - 249 (g)
70 x 157 x 90 mm - 734 (g)
Pronouncing VoRobYeVite is easy if you know how to do it.
Vorobyevite is also called rosterite.
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64 x 26 x 42 mm - 52 (g)
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42 x 63 x 40 mm - 107 (g)
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37 x 23 x 25 mm - 82 carat
Vorobyevite was named after the Russian mineralogist, Anatoly Nikolaevich Vorobyev, who found it in the Lovozero Massif of the Kola Peninsula in Russia.
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40 x 17 x 28 mm - 85 carat
12 x 9 x 13 mm - 13 carat
20 x 38 x 34 mm - 86 carat
18 x 10 x 10 mm - 8 carat
17 x 9 x 12 mm - 7 carat
28 x 19 x 23 mm - 36 carat
All pieces shown on this site are from Deo Darrah, Afghanistan.
45 x 22 x 27 mm - 22 (g)
9 x 8 x 4 mm - 2 carat
14 x 8 x 12 mm - 11 carat
26 x 12 x 14 mm - 22 carat
22 x 10 x 18 mm - 17 carat
20 x 14 x 21 mm - 26 carat
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37 x 16 x 28 mm - 68 carat
The chemical formula of vorobyevite is Be3Al2Si6O18. It is generally regarded as an alkali beryl, implying that it contains sodium and/or potassium, but vorobyevite is a still poorly understood mineral. This is why not everybody recognizes it as a new species under current mineralogical rules. Still under debate is what causes vorobyevite's unique morphology, the tabular hexagonal crystals or the multi-terminated variety.