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Milarite

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Description
Locality: 
Giuv Valley, Tujetsch, Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.3 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Description

Dating from a find in the early 1970's, this specimen has numerous colourless and perfect terminated milarite scattered on the small matrix.

Very good and extremely hard to get specimen from the type locality.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Milarite

Formula: 
K2Ca4Al2Be4Si24O60·H2O
Strunz: 
9.CM.05
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Giuv Valley, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland