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Bazzite

Dan Behnke collection
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
North Sugarloaf Mountain, Bethlehem, Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 1 × 0.6 cm
Description

ILLUSTRATED! You are bidding on a small sample with a tiny crystal of rare bazzite on matrix from this hard to find locality in New Hampshire. Collected by Bob Janules in 1990 and in the Steve and Janet Cares collection before passing to Dan in 1996. Comes with Dan's original slides and index card. Illustrated in Photo Atlas of Minerals (2007). 

This sample is from the collection of Dan Behnke, long-time friend, micromounter and prodigious photographer. I am pleased to be able to offer selections from his large collection, many of which are illustrated specimens in Rocks & Minerals, The Mineralogiocal Record, Photo Atlas of Minerals and many other publications. All samples from his meticulously catalogued collection will come with his original index card with all notes, photography annotations and other pertinent information, as well as any slides Dan may have taken of the sample with publication notes and date the photo was made.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bazzite

Formula: 
Be3Sc2(Si6O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Seula mine (ex Montecatini quarry), Mount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

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