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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: 
4.6 × 3.4 × 3.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
4.00cm
Description

A superb crystal group of stellerite composed of a large single crystals and two smaller ones at the base. There is no matrix but it has been derived from weathered basalt.

The colour is a pale orange and there is no damage. A lovely specimen indeed.

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