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Piemontite & Thulite

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Piemontite & Thulite

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Description
Locality: 
Søre Lia Quarry, Otta River, Lom, Innlandet, Norway
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.3 × 7.3 × 1.4 cm
Description

A slice of a massive piemontite (dark red)-thulite (light red/pink zoisite-variety)-mix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Piemontite

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al2Mn3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.05
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
Reddish
Type Locality: 
Prabornaz Mine (Praborna Mine), Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy

Thulite

Variety Of: 

Zoisite

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al3}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.10
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
pink
Type Locality: 
Øvstebø, Kleppan, Sauland, Hjartdal, Telemark, Norway

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