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Stellerite

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Stellerite

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Description
Locality: 
Tambar Springs, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.8 × 4 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
5.80cm
Description

A superb example of stellerite from this region, occuring as large intergrowing orange terminated crystals with some attached weathered basalt.  

Undamaged and suitable for display.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stellerite

Formula: 
Ca4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O
Strunz: 
9.GE.15
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Mednyi Island, Commander Islands (Komandorskije ostrova), Bering Sea, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia...
Gondwana Minerals