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Thorite & Zircon

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Thorite & Zircon

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Description
Locality: 
Bassano Romano, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.1 × 0.8 cm
Description

Green prismatic crystals of thorite in a matrix with dark orange zircon crystals.

Ex Francis Hubert #12020.

Combine specimens to reduce shipping costs!.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Thorite

Formula: 
(Th,U)SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AD.30
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
The Thorite Hole, Løvøya (Løvø; Lövö; Lövöe), Langesundsfjorden, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

Zircon

Formula: 
ZrSiO4
Strunz: 
9.AD.30
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
White

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