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Stellerite

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Stellerite

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Description
Locality: 
Sarbai Deposit, Rudny, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 2.4 × 2.7 cm
Description

This gorgeous piece consists of a rich orange colored spherical aggregate of lustrous Stellerite crystals on matrix.

Ex Rheinländer collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stellerite

Formula: 
Ca4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.15
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Mednyi Island, Commander Islands (Komandorskije ostrova), Bering Sea, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia...