42 x 83 x 68 mm - 263 (g)
70 x 157 x 90 mm - 734 (g)
82 x 31 x 65 mm - 183 (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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34 x 19 x 24 mm - 73 carat
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42 x 29 x 34 mm - 91 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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66 x 30 x 57 mm - 46 (g)
38 x 20 x 30 mm - 106 carat
45 x 22 x 27 mm - 22 (g)
24 x 15 x 18 mm - 34 carat
17 x 9 x 12 mm - 7 carat
109 x 35 x 68 mm - 176 (g)
All pieces shown on this site are from Deo Darrah, Afghanistan.
11 x 3 x 9 mm - 2 carat
19 x 9 x 14 mm - 16 carat
26 x 12 x 14 mm - 22 carat
38 x 24 x 28 mm - 155 carat
23 x 8 x 10 mm - 10 carat
17 x 9 x 16 mm - 13 carat
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80 x 29 x 46 mm - 92 (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.