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Bavenite On Molybdenite & Quartz

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Bavenite On Molybdenite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Maurers Mine, Kingsgate, Gough County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 3.6 × 2.5 cm
Description

Fine off white plate like crystals of bavenite in the intersections of a series of molybdenite crystals and massive smokey quartz.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bavenite

Formula: 
Ca4Be2Al2Si9O26(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DF.25
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.5
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Seula mine (ex Montecatini quarry), Mount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

Molybdenite

Formula: 
MoS2
Strunz: 
2.EA.30
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
1.0 - 1.5

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
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