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Topaz Var Pyknite

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Topaz Var Pyknite

Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Altenberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 4 × 4.1 cm
Description

This variety of topaz was found only in four known places worldwide, the first being Altenberg.

 A very nice typical specimen of this "Type Locality" old collection, old label (1948/51).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Topaz

Formula: 
Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Strunz: 
9.AF.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
8.0
Streak: 
White

Pyknite

Variety Of: 

Topaz

Formula: 
Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Strunz: 
9.AF.35
Hardness: 
8.0
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
white

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