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Goshenite

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Goshenite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu County, Mianyang, Sichuan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4.2 × 2.9 cm
Description

Perfectly balanced crystal cluster of almost waterclear goshenite on crystalised albite matrix. The goshenite shows lustrous faces all over and the placement is highly esthetically arranged. There is additionally also some muscovite present at the specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Goshenite

Variety Of: 

Beryl

Formula: 
Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.05
Hardness: 
7.5 - 8.0
Hardness: 
0.0