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Spodumene Var Spodumene With Microlite & Schorl

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Spodumene Var Spodumene With Microlite & Schorl

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Description
Locality: 
Darrah I Pech, Chapa Dara District, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 1 × 0.8 cm
Description

An interesting unusual example of well terminated gemmy clean triphan variety of spodumene incombination with well terminated red orange microlite & schorl.

A really good unusual combination specimen from the locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Spodumene

Formula: 
LiAlSi2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Colour: 
colorless, yellow
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Utö Mines, Utö, Södermanland, Sweden

Schorl

Formula: 
Na(Fe2+3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Strunz: 
9.CK.05
Hardness: 
7.0

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