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Topaz & Albite

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Topaz & Albite

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Description
Locality: 
Sakangyi Pegmatite, Kyauk-Pyat-That, Mogok, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay, Myanmar (former Burma)
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 3.6 × 2.1 cm
Description

A colorless gemmy and lustrous undamaged topaz crystal set on a cluster of albite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Topaz

Formula: 
Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Strunz: 
9.AF.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
8.0
Streak: 
White

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden
Oriental Minerals