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Topaz Var Pyknite

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Topaz Var Pyknite

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Description
Locality: 
Altenberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.6 × 1.7 cm
Description

Pyknite is a very rare form of topaz occurring in just a few European locations such as Altenberg in Germany. Here we have attractive yellow/green crystals in matrix. Rarely offered for sale.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Topaz

Formula: 
Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Strunz: 
9.AF.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
8.0
Streak: 
White

Pyknite

Variety Of: 

Topaz

Formula: 
Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Strunz: 
9.AF.35
Hardness: 
8.0
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
white
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