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Bavenite On Calcite

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Bavenite On Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Kara #1 Pit, Kara Mines, Hampshire District, Burnie City, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 3 × 1.9 cm
Description

A cluster of bladed calcite crystals interspersed with small drum like calcite crystals provide a background for pale yellow to off white clusters of tuffed bavenite crystals

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
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