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Description
Locality: 
Dean Quarry, St Keverne, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 7 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.50cm
Weight: 
128.00gr
Description

Typical  large trapezohedral crystals on a bed of 5mm glassy calcite rhombohedra

Some contacts to the largest composite crystal, smaller crystals have mostly glassy faces

Displays well

Good locality piece from this famous Gabbro quarry

Mineral Data
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Formula: 
Na2(Al2Si4O12)·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.GB.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cyclopean Islands, Acitrezza (Aci Trezza), Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy

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