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Bearthite

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Description
Locality: 
Stockhorn, Zermatt, Zermatt - Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.2 × 0.6 cm
Description

Pale yellow bearthite associated with pale blue lazulite on matrix. Analysed specimen. Rare mineral. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bearthite

Formula: 
Ca2Al(PO4)2(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BG.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Metapelite outcrops, Stockhorn, Gorner glacier area, Zermatt, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee area, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland