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Diaspore

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Diaspore

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Menderes River, Yatağan, Muğla Province, Turkey
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 1 × 0.4 cm
Description

A sharp terminated, gemmy and lustrous "V" formed twin of diaspore variety zultanite. Very rare material and hard to obtain.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Diaspore

Formula: 
AlO(OH)
Strunz: 
4.FD.10
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Mramorskii Zavod (Mramorsk Zavod), Kosoi Brod Village, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...