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Spodumene

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Spodumene

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Description
Locality: 
Urupuca Mine, Água Boa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 1.4 × 0.7 cm
Description

Light pink spodumene with very lustrous faces all around; faces show beautful texture caused by etching. End-pointed, with one light zone inside. No significant damages to report.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Spodumene

Formula: 
LiAlSi2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Colour: 
colorless, yellow
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Utö Mines, Utö, Södermanland, Sweden