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Bavenite Spessartine & Quartz

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Bavenite Spessartine & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Venero I Quarry, Cadalso de los Vidrios, Madrid, Spain
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.8 × 2.8 cm
Description

Nice specimen with ivory bavenite sheaves in groups with a single spessartine crystal and a large smoky 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

Spessartine

Formula: 
Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sommer quarry, Wendelberg, Haibach, Aschaffenburg, Spessart, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Quartz

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