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Specialty Definition: ELBAITE

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MiningA. See: red schorl; rubellite; ilvaite.b. A trigonal mineral, 3[Na (Li, Al)3 Al6 (OH, F)4 (BO 3)3 Si6 O18 ]; tourmaline group; occurs in triangular and hexagonal prisms; varicolored; commonly zoned, pyroelectric and piezoelectric; in granites and granite pegmatites; and used as a gemstone (pink rubellite, blue indicolite, green verdolite, colorless achroite, zoned pink-white-green watermelon tourmaline). (references)
WikipedicElbaite is a sodium, lithium, aluminium borosilicate. (references)

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