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Beryl With Pitchblende

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Beryl With Pitchblende

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Description
Locality: 
Malpensata Pegmatite, Piona Peninsula, Colico, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 3.5 × 2.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Weight: 
49.00gr
Description

Prismatic beryl crystal of pale green color associated to a black grainy pitchblende crystal, cropping out of the classic creamy pegmatite matrix.

Good lustre for both crystals. Hard to get a hold of nowadays, the specimen is over 20 years old.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Beryl

Formula: 
Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
7.5 - 8.0
Streak: 
White

Pitchblende

Variety Of: 

Uraninite

Formula: 
UO2
Strunz: 
4.DL.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Formula: 
UO2
Hardness: 
0.0

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