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Luinaite-(OH) On Albite & Fluorite

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Luinaite-(OH) On Albite & Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Cleveland Mine, Luina, Heazlewood, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.5 × 2.7 cm
Description

 White cotton wool like clusters and mats of fine acicular luinaite (OH) on white sphericals of albite and tourmaline included fluorite. This is the type locality for this rare tourmaline group mineral

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Luinaite-(OH)

Formula: 
Na(Fe2+)3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Heazlewood district, Tasmania, Australia

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic
Earthstones Australia

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