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Hardystonite

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Hardystonite

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Description
Locality: 
Hettstedt Slag Locality, Mansfeld Basin, Saxony - Anhalt, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2 × 1.3 cm
Description

Deep blue cubic crystals of this infrequently offered mineral in small matrix cavities.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hardystonite

Formula: 
Ca2Zn(Si2O7)
Strunz: 
9.BB.10
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
Peter Crozier Minerals