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Baddeleyite

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Baddeleyite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Palabora Mine, Loolekop, Phalaborwa, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.2 × 2.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Fairly large, prismatic baddeleyite crystal in massive magnetite matrix. There's a second, smaller crystal on the specimen. Unfortunately, the larger crystal has some chipping.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baddeleyite

Formula: 
ZrO2
Strunz: 
4.DE.35
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.5
Type Locality: 
Kollonnagam, Rakwana, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
Loranth Minerals

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