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Lazulite

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Lazulite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Färbergraben, Werfen, St Johann im Pongau District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.1 × 7.7 × 3.4 cm
Description

Great Austrian classic - today it is more or less impossible just to find even a sample. This material is not compare-able with lazulite from Canada or Afghanistan - but it is the most relevant locality for the mineral in Europe and very hard to obtain - the last discoveries were decades ago. Such isolated crystals in good contrast to matrix are exceptional. No significant damages to report.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lazulite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)Al2(PO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
8.BB.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Freßnitzgraben, Krieglach, Fischbacher Alpen, Styria, Austria