vlkphoto: Elbaite (with quartz, beryl, and albite) Like The Steamboat, these specimens of Na(Li,Al)3
vlkphoto: Elbaite (with quartz, beryl, and albite) Like The Steamboat, these specimens of Na(Li,Al)3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4 were found in a tournaline pocket, in the Stewart mine, San Diego County, California.The large blue-capped elbaite is surrounded by bright pink elbaites and pale pink crystals of beryl (var. morganite). Exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC. -- source link
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