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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39 x 29 x 32 mm - 135 carat
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38 x 19 x 35 mm - 112 carat
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79 x 38 x 57 mm - 161 (g)
Vorobyevite was named after the Russian mineralogist, Anatoly Nikolaevich Vorobyev, who found it in the Lovozero Massif of the Kola Peninsula in Russia.
20 x 38 x 34 mm - 86 carat
22 x 13 x 9 mm - 11 (g)
26 x 12 x 14 mm - 22 carat
14 x 8 x 12 mm - 11 carat
34 x 19 x 24 mm - 73 carat
All pieces shown on this site are from Deo Darrah, Afghanistan.
48 x 25 x 47 mm - 54 (g)
18 x 14 x 14 mm - 19 carat
45 x 22 x 27 mm - 22 (g)
9 x 8 x 4 mm - 2 carat
59 x 44 x 43 mm - 76 (g)
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66 x 30 x 57 mm - 46 (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.