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Rosenbuschite

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Rosenbuschite

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Description
Locality: 
Teineholmen, Barkevik, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 5.3 × 4 cm
Description

Specimen from the Langesundsfjord Region in Southern Norway: Two zones with fibrous Rosenbuschite crystals in pegmatite material, the one zone approx. 2.5 cm wide, the other one approx. 1.7 cm. The pegmatite matrix consists of natrolite, nepheline, feldspar and black mica.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rosenbuschite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na)3(Zr,Ti)(Si2O7)OF
Strunz: 
9.BE.22
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Skutesundskjær (Skudesundskjær), Barkevik area, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

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