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Eudidymite & Smoky Quartz

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Eudidymite & Smoky Quartz

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.6 × 3.2 × 2.5 cm
Description

Nice specimen of doubly terminated smoky quartz with eudidymite inclusions. Eudidymite is a rare sodium-berylium silicate mineral, forms beige coloured sprays in quartz.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Eudidymite

Formula: 
Na2Be2Si6O15·H2O
Strunz: 
9.DG.60
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Eudidymite locality, Lille Arøya (Midtre Arøy; Øvre Arøy; Övre-Arö), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0
Loranth Minerals

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