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Opal

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Description
Locality: 
Burkina Faso
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4.5 × 1.1 cm
Weight: 
19.00gr
Description

Cream yellow mass of opal, sawn at both sides, from Alto Volta, now Burkina Faso since 1984. Rare locality specimen in collections.

Acquired in 1971. Ex Ghislaine De Jonghe #259, who built her collection from early 1960’s to early 2000’s.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Opal

Formula: 
SiO2·nH2O
Strunz: 
4.DA.10
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
White

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