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Eucryptite

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Eucryptite

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Description
Locality: 
Bikita Area, Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.3 × 6.7 × 3.8 cm
Description

Good size specimen of crystalline eucryptite from Bikita.

Recovered before 1980 form a shipment in the port of Antwerp by Jozef Verbist, who was the CEO of the CMB (Compagnie Maritime Belge).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Eucryptite

Formula: 
LiAlSiO4
Strunz: 
9.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA

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