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Rhodizite

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Rhodizite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Antsongombato, Antsentsindrano, Anosiarivo Manapa, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.40cm
Description

Sharp yellow-cream colored rhodizite crystal nicely set on matrix.

Ex Rheinländer collection

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rhodizite

Formula: 
(K,Cs)Al4Be4(B,Be)12O28
Strunz: 
6.GC.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
8.0
Type Locality: 
Ministerskaya Yama Pit, Sarapulka District (Murzinka), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...