51 x 87 x 72 mm - 329 (g)
35 x 44 x 19 mm - 45 (g)
52 x 125 x 90 mm - 495 (g)
Pronouncing VoRobYeVite is easy if you know how to do it.
Vorobyevite is also called rosterite.
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37 x 16 x 28 mm - 68 carat
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38 x 18 x 29 mm - 102 carat
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39 x 29 x 32 mm - 135 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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26 x 14 x 21 mm - 32 carat
17 x 9 x 12 mm - 7 carat
20 x 14 x 16 mm - 21 carat
11 x 3 x 9 mm - 2 carat
18 x 14 x 14 mm - 19 carat
28 x 19 x 23 mm - 36 carat
All pieces shown on this site are from Deo Darrah, Afghanistan.
14 x 8 x 12 mm - 11 carat
16 x 8 x 15 mm - 9 carat
18 x 10 x 10 mm - 8 carat
45 x 22 x 27 mm - 22 (g)
64 x 43 x 60 mm - 119 (g)
19 x 13 x 15 mm - 13 carat
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64 x 26 x 42 mm - 52 (g)
The chemical formula of vorobyevite is Be3Al2Si6O18. It is generally regarded as an alkali beryl, implying that it contains alkali metals such as sodium, potassium or caesium, 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.