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Marialite

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Description
Locality: 
Marble Occurrence, Morogoro, Uluguru Mountains, Morogoro Region, Tanzania (United Republic)
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1 × 0.6 cm
Description

Sharp gemmy yellow lustrous scapolite, variety marialite, from Tanzania. It has a net termination, it displays all around 360° and shows nice fluorescence under UV illumination.

Found in 2006.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Marialite

Formula: 
Na4Al3Si9O24Cl
Strunz: 
9.FB.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Pianura, Phlegrean Fields, Naples Province, Phlegrean Volcanic complex, Campania, Italy

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