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Spodumene

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Spodumene

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Laghman Province, Afghanistan
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 2.1 × 1 cm
Description

Prismatic tabular undamaged spodumene crystal of vitreous lustre and intense green colour. Remarkably it is a floater crystal with a pristine base, also crystallized. Minor transparent hyalite opal is also present in tiny patches at the surface, visible in short UV light, turning strongly green fluorescent.

Acquired in 2007. Ex Jan Sibtsen #4012.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Spodumene

Formula: 
LiAlSi2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Colour: 
colorless, yellow
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Utö Mines, Utö, Södermanland, Sweden

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