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Thorite

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Description
Locality: 
Zagi Mountain, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.7 × 0.7 cm
Description

A superb rare thorite crystal !! sharp well doubly terminated brown thorite crystal , very unique and unusual from this locality , This is the fifth known Thorite crystal from the locality , nothing found more .

 very hard to find , low scale mining activity  is not economical .  Nice captivating example specimen from the locality 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Thorite

Formula: 
(Th,U)SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AD.30
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
The Thorite Hole, Løvøya (Løvø; Lövö; Lövöe), Langesundsfjorden, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

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