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Armenite

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Armenite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Wasen Alp, Simplon Pass, Brig, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 2.2 × 1.2 cm
Description

Colourless armenite crystals on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Armenite

Formula: 
BaCa2Al6Si9O30·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.CM.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Armen Mine, Overberget Mining Field, Kongsberg Silver Mining District, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway