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Monazite Schorl Albite & Calcite

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Monazite Schorl Albite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Lohning Quarry, Rauris, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.2 × 6.5 × 3 cm
Description

Monazite, schorl, albite and calcite from Rauris Valley, Austria.

Monazite - of course only small sized, but very rare mineral for that location - on some parts of the matrix. Also some schorl and addtitional minerals forming a typical Rauris paragenesis.

From a finding of 1995 at Lohninger Bruch.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Monazite

Group Parent: 
Monazite Group

Schorl

Formula: 
Na(Fe2+3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Strunz: 
9.CK.05
Hardness: 
7.0

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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