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Euclase

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Euclase

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Description
Locality: 
Lost Hope Mine, Karoi District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.9 × 4.3 × 2.3 cm
Description

A relatively sharp, striated, gemmy and lustrous, vivid blue euclase crystal from Zimbabwe - this is the classic locality that has produced the world's most intense blue crystals of the species. Developed as floater, all faces consist of tiny sharp faces. This texture and the habit are nearly impossible to capture with the camera, much better in person.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Euclase

Formula: 
BeAl(SiO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
9.AE.10
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ouro Preto, Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Brazil