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Thulite & Piemontite

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Thulite & Piemontite

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Description
Locality: 
Leksvik Quarry, Hindremseter, Indre Fosen, Trøndelag, Norway
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.6 × 7.4 × 5 cm
Description

Massive piece of pink to carmine-red thulite with darker red piemontite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

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

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