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Bazzite & Hematite

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Bazzite & Hematite

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Description
Locality: 
Fibbia, Fontana, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1.1 × 0.6 cm
Description

Blue bazzite crystals on hematite

 

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

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0