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Bavenite & Quartz

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Bavenite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Peña Mojada Quarry, Valdemanco, Madrid, Spain
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm
Description

Excellent white acicular tufts of bavenite crystals are covering richly a quartz crystal face.

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

Quartz

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