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Thortveitite

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Description
Locality: 
Kabuland Quarries, Iveland, Agder, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

Pale green thortveitite crystals from the Kabuland 06 feldspar quarry associate with biotite and feldspar. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Thortveitite

Formula: 
(Sc,Y)2Si2O7
Strunz: 
9.BC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Ljoslandsknipan (Thortveitittgruva), Knipan (Knipane), Ljosland, Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway