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Zoisite Var Thulite

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Zoisite Var Thulite

ex. Dr. Harry von Eckermann collection
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Description
Locality: 
Øvstebø, Kleppan, Hjartdal, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5 × 3.8 cm
Description

Rich specimen of intense coloured, pink zoisite var. thulite with some quartz and a little bit of piemontite.. Very good specimen from the locality thulite was originally described from. Out of a very old collection. 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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