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Zoisite Var Thulite

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Zoisite Var Thulite

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Description
Locality: 
Søre Lia Quarry, Otta River, Lom, Innlandet, Norway
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
15 × 4 × 0.8 cm
Description

A polished slab shows a profile through the Lia thulite occurence with predominantly intensely pink coloured thulite, some dark red coloured piemontite and a bit of quartz. A very aesthetic as well as informative specimen about mineralogy and structure of this locality. Thulite is the „national stone“ of Norway.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zoisite

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al3}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.10
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Prickler Halt, Ladinger Spitze - Speikkogel area, Saualpe, Carinthia, Austria

Thulite

Variety Of: 

Zoisite

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al3}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.10
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
pink
Type Locality: 
Øvstebø, Kleppan, Sauland, Hjartdal, Telemark, Norway

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