53 x 91 x 48 mm - 225 (g)
55 x 90 x 65 mm - 249 (g)
35 x 90 x 70 mm - 263 (g)
Pronouncing VoRobYeVite is easy if you know how to do it.
Vorobyevite is also called rosterite.
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38 x 19 x 35 mm - 112 carat
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28 x 19 x 23 mm - 36 carat
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42 x 29 x 34 mm - 91 carat
Vorobyevite was named after the Russian mineralogist, Anatoly Nikolaevich Vorobyev, who found it in the Lovozero Massif of the Kola Peninsula in Russia.
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64 x 26 x 42 mm - 52 (g)
24 x 15 x 18 mm - 34 carat
48 x 25 x 47 mm - 54 (g)
45 x 22 x 27 mm - 22 (g)
20 x 38 x 34 mm - 86 carat
39 x 29 x 32 mm - 135 carat
All pieces shown on this site are from Deo Darrah, Afghanistan.
18 x 14 x 14 mm - 19 carat
29 x 16 x 27 mm - 69 carat
12 x 9 x 13 mm - 13 carat
22 x 13 x 9 mm - 11 (g)
24 x 12 x 18 mm - 17 carat
39 x 14 x 18 mm - 36 carat
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46 x 41 x 36 mm - 135 carat
The chemical formula of vorobyevite is Be3Al2Si6O18. It is generally regarded as an alkali beryl, implying that it contains sodium and/or potassium, 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.