55 x 90 x 65 mm - 249 (g)
51 x 87 x 72 mm - 329 (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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40 x 17 x 28 mm - 85 carat
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109 x 35 x 68 mm - 176 (g)
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42 x 63 x 40 mm - 107 (g)
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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36 x 23 x 25 mm - 78 carat
18 x 10 x 10 mm - 8 carat
26 x 21 x 20 mm - 54 carat
23 x 14 x 14 mm - 33 carat
29 x 16 x 27 mm - 69 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
19 x 9 x 14 mm - 16 carat
18 x 13 x 13 mm - 23 carat
38 x 24 x 28 mm - 155 carat
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40 x 26 x 37 mm - 37 (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.