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Kristiansenite

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Kristiansenite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 3 × 3 cm
Description

A vug featuring two light yellow, pointed kristiansenite crystals on albite with muscovite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kristiansenite

Formula: 
Ca2ScSn(Si2O7)(Si2O6OH)
Strunz: 
9.BC.30
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Heftetjern pegmatite, Tørdal, Drangedal, Telemark, Norway