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Bazzite

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Bazzite

Ex-David J. Eicher Collection
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Fibbia, Fontana, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.7 × 0.9 cm
Description

Extremely rare, tiny, very dark blue crystals of bazzite, beryllium scandium silicate, on quartz. This is a piece with multiple crystals. Scarce and desirable.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bazzite

Formula: 
Be3Sc2(Si6O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Seula mine (ex Montecatini quarry), Mount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
David J. Eicher

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