Pollucite with Elbaite, Albite
specimen number:
3513043
location:
Nuristan, Afghanistan
description:
An impressive large cabinet to Museum sized example for the species with numerous crude colorless partly transparent crystals measuring to almost 11.0 cm in size across the top of a crystallized quartz matrix with lovely blue bladed albite crystals and green gemmy elbaite crystals to 2.0 cm in length. In good condition as seen, large examples of the species in this quality are not very common.
Size: 24.0 x 22.0 x 16 point (large-cabinet)
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