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Rossmanite

Rare Mineral

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Locality: 
Dorothy China Clay Pit, Whitemoor, St Austell, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 0.8 × 0.7 cm
Description

Rare turmaline group mineral rossmanite from Cornwall, UK. It forms greenish-grey radiating aggregates and greenish blue free standing crystals. Rossmanite occurs as admixtures together with other turmaline species like fluor-schörl, foitete and elbaite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rossmanite

Formula: 
☐(LiAl2)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Strunz: 
9.CK.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White.
Type Locality: 
Rožná pegmatite (Rozna; Roschna), Žďár nad Sázavou, Vysočina Region, Moravia (Mähren; Maehren), Czech Republic
Loranth Minerals

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