File:Elbaite-275083.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Elbaite-275083.jpg (463 × 600 pixels, file size: 73 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description
English: Elbaite
Locality: Paprok, Nuristan Province (Nurestan; Nooristan), Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org)
Size: 11.7 x 9.2 x 3.7 cm.
This is a highly unusual, large tourmaline cluster which is truly curved. The photo does not convey this well, perhaps, but the main crystal is tectonically curved, bending clearly over the cap of its sidecar (which is not curved). They both have a pleasing, rich blue color grading to hints of purple at the very tips. It is a bit bluer, when backlit, but our photo shows normal lighting from the front. The curving form is most unusual and very rare for this locality in particular. Most tourmalines subject to such bending during growth simply break, or break and re-heal with a messy join. Only the Himalaya Mine in San Diego is noted for crystals of such form as this, but those are pink and this is blue. Weighs 437 grams.
Deutsch: Elbait
Fundort: Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan (Fundort bei mindat.org)
Größe: 11.7 x 9.2 x 3.7 cm.
Date before March 2010
date QS:P,+2010-03-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+2010-03-00T00:00:00Z/10
Source http://www.mindat.org/photo-275083.html
Author
Robert M. Lavinsky  (1972–)  wikidata:Q56247090
 
Alternative names
Robert Matthew Lavinsky; Lavinsky, Robert M.; Lavinsky R M
Description American mineral collector and mineral dealer
iRocks.com (Mineralogical Record)
Date of birth 13 December 1972 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Columbus Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q56247090

Licensing

[edit]
Rob Lavinsky, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publishes it under the following license:
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Attribution: Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
VRT Wikimedia

This work is free and may be used by anyone for any purpose. If you wish to use this content, you do not need to request permission as long as you follow any licensing requirements mentioned on this page.

The Wikimedia Foundation has received an e-mail confirming that the copyright holder has approved publication under the terms mentioned on this page. This correspondence has been reviewed by a Volunteer Response Team (VRT) member and stored in our permission archive. The correspondence is available to trusted volunteers as ticket #2010022810018255.

If you have questions about the archived correspondence, please use the VRT noticeboard. Ticket link: https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&TicketNumber=2010022810018255
Find other files from the same ticket: SDC query (SPARQL)

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current09:05, 27 April 2010Thumbnail for version as of 09:05, 27 April 2010463 × 600 (73 KB)RKBot (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description= {{en|1=Elbaite :: Locality: Paprok, Nuristan Province (Nurestan; Nooristan), Afghanistan ([http://www.mindat.org/loc-4.html Locality at mindat.org]) :: S

There are no pages that use this file.

Metadata