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Bikitaite

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Description
Locality: 
Bikita Area, Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm
Description

White striated bikitaite from the type locality. 

Specimen is dated to the year 1980.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bikitaite

Formula: 
LiAlSi2O6·H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.55
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic There is also a Triclinic polytype.
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Nolan property, Bikita Area, Masvingo, Zimbabwe