MES125 Cookeite / Elbaite [CSIRO]

Specimen details

Name MES125 Cookeite / Elbaite
Owner CSIRO
Collection ARRC Collection
Catalog ID MES125
Material(s)
  • Cookeite [(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8] — 82.0%
  • Elbaite [Na(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)] — 18.0%

Phase abundance was determined by quantitative XRD analysis, in: Owen, N., Gomez-Camacho, R. and Fan R. (2023), Diffraction, Mineralogy and Geochemistry XRD Characterisation Report, Jobs # 6243 and # 6245 [CSIRO internal reports]. ID 65908.

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