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Eulytine

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Eulytine

Collected 1880
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Weißer Hirsch Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 2.4 × 1.7 cm
Description

Beautiful brown, transparent and sharp eulytine microcrystals on matrix from the type locality.

Specimen comes from an old collection (Franz Bauer collection, Munich, Germany) and was collected 1880.

With Franz Bauer label.

Mineral Data
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Eulytine

Formula: 
Bi4(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.40
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany