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Holmquistite

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Holmquistite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Greenbushes Mine, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.7 × 1.2 cm
Description

A rarely seen lithium bearing amphibole species that here forms unterminated black striated crystals in a black nica schist matrix. Definitely one for the species and / or locality collector !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Holmquistite

Formula: 
☐{Li2}{Mg3Al2}(Si8O22)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DD.05
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Utö Mines, Utö, Södermanland, Sweden
Gondwana Minerals