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Rosenbuschite

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Rosenbuschite

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Description
Locality: 
Skutesundskjær, Barkevik, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 4 × 2.6 cm
Description

In a zone of approx. 2.5 x 1 cm crystal aggregates of rare Rosenbuschite are set on feldspar with some yellow Wöhlerite. Specimen from the type locality, the tiny islands of Skudesundskjær in the Langesundsfjorden. Comes with a typewritten label from 1971.

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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