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Helvine

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Description
Locality: 
Tongbei, Yunxiao County, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.4 × 1 cm
Description

From the Summer  2008 find at the Tongbei locality which is famous for its spessartine, quartz combos are large crystals of the uncommon mineral helvite.Acquired at the 2008 Denver show, a single sharp helvite crystal with a nice amber colour and good form.Complete for attachment area on the back of the specimen 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Helvine

Formula: 
Mn2+4(Be3Si3O12)S
Strunz: 
9.FB.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Friedefürst Mine, Breitenbrunn, Breitenbrunn District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Earthstones Australia

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