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Spodumene Var Hiddenite

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Spodumene Var Hiddenite

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Resplendor, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 1.3 × 1.2 cm
Description

The specimen is developed as floater, it is flawless and highly lustrous all around. There are many amazing details, the etching really looks marvellous in each position! The greenish variety of spodumene - hiddenite - is very rare in general and should be high ranked for rarity.

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

Hiddenite

Variety Of: 

Spodumene

Formula: 
LiAlSi2O6
Strunz: 
9.DA.30
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Green