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Dumortierite

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Dumortierite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Dehesa, San Diego County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3.8 × 2.4 cm
Weight: 
35.00gr
Description

A metamorphic quartz-rich rock richly associated to radiating masses of dark pink crystallized dumortierite. They display an intense blue fluorescence under SW Ultraviolet light.

Acquired in 1994. Ex Dr. Bob Janssens #F12.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dumortierite

Formula: 
(Al,Fe3+)7(SiO4)3(BO3)O3
Strunz: 
9.AJ.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
7.0 - 8.0
Type Locality: 
Ducarre's Quarry, Beaunant, Chaponost, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France...

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