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Euclase

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Euclase

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Description
Locality: 
Alto do Giz Pegmatite, Equador, Borborema Province, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 0.6 × 0.5 cm
Description

Transparent euclase crystal with well-defined edges and bright faces. It is doubly-terminated and shows the characteristic blue "stripe" inside along the central area from top to top. Free of damages, with the rear side detached off the matrix but not broken.

Acquired in 1997-99. Ex. Werner Heirman.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Euclase

Formula: 
BeAl(SiO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
9.AE.10
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ouro Preto, Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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