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Spodumene

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Spodumene

Gem Crystal

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Description
Locality: 
Laghman Province, Afghanistan
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 3.3 × 2.4 cm
Weight: 
37.00gr
Description

Bright spodumene crystal, totally gemmy and colourless, with nice striations on (010) and fine growth steps at the termination. It is a floater specimen, with the base also recrystallized. In pristine condition, no damages!!.

It displays an intense orange/red fluorescence under long UV.

Acquired in 1995. Ex Jan Sibtsen #3585.

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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