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Spodumene

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Spodumene

Ex Alex Franz Collection (Germany)

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Description
Locality: 
Huntington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
5 × 10 × 2.4 cm
Description

A very good crystal of spodumene with perfect terminations from an very old collection (collected in the late 1940th). A smaller part of the crystal was repaired by one of the previous owners. With nice old label.

Ex Alex Franz collection, Germany

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Spodumene

Formula: 
LiAlSi2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Colour: 
colorless, yellow
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Utö Mines, Utö, Södermanland, Sweden