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Diaspore

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Diaspore

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Description
Locality: 
Muğla, Menteşe District, Muğla Province, Turkey
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.1 × 2.2 × 1.1 cm
Description

This is Diaspore var. Zultanite. One of the most impressive new discoveries - look at the dimension of this crystal: a 6cm tall, sharp terminated, transparent diaspor; this is really fantastic and of highest relevance for the mineral, there is nothing compare-able world-wide. The crystal undamaged, glossy and end-pointed. Under daylight it shows a light green-yellow color and under artifiical light it turns to ornage-pink. There are no cracks or inclusions, the quality is out-standing. For sure the most important piece in this auction!

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...