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Albite with tourmaline, garnet

#45128

Albite with tourmaline, garnet

#45128
Availability
Sold
Size
5 x 3 x 3.5 cm - Miniature 
Formula
NaAlSi3O8 (RRUFF)
Locality
Beehive #1 peg., Boulder Batholith, Jefferson Co., Montana, United States

Blue Albite crystals to 6mm. Blue is a rare color for Albite. This specimen also contains slender black Schorl tourmaline crystals and deep red Spessartine.

Albite

Formula
NaAlSi3O8 
Crystal System
Triclinic 
Crystal Habit
Blocky, Striated, Granular 
Cleavage
Perfect, Good, None 
Luster
Vitreous (Glassy) 
Color
white, gray, greenish gray, bluish green, gray 
Streak
white 
Class
Triclinic - Pinacoidal 
Fracture
Uneven 
Hardness

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

Collection
Chris van Laer Collection
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