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Hambergite

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Hambergite

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Himalaya Mine, San Diego County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.2 × 0.1 cm
Description

Single crystal of hambergite from the famous Himalaya mine in California. It is a floater, doubly-ended and undamaged crystal.

Acquired in 1974 by Georges Vanacker*, specimen# IV/1031.

*Vanackerite (from Tsumeb) is named after him.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hambergite

Formula: 
Be2(BO3)(OH)
Strunz: 
6.AB.05
Hardness: 
7.5
Type Locality: 
Salbutangen, Helgeroa, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

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