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Petalite

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Petalite

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Description
Locality: 
Bikita Area, Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.4 × 7.5 × 3 cm
Description

White and grey cleaved crystal of petalite with pearly lustre.

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

Petalite

Formula: 
LiAl(Si4O10)
Strunz: 
9.EF.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Utö Mines, Utö, Södermanland, Sweden

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