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Rhodizite

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Rhodizite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Sahanivotry, Manandona, Antsirabe II, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.7 × 2 cm
Weight: 
20.00gr
Description

A rich specimen with pale yellow rhodizite crystals frozen in a polycrystalline granular matrix of quartz and feldspar. They have a moderate lustre and show multiple well-formed faces. Under short UV illumination rhodizite crystals get orange.

Acquired in 1999. Ex Dr. Bob Janssens #577.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rhodizite

Formula: 
(K,Cs)Al4Be4(B,Be)12O28
Strunz: 
6.GC.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
8.0
Type Locality: 
Ministerskaya Yama Pit, Sarapulka District (Murzinka), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

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