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Kristiansenite & Bavenite

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Kristiansenite & Bavenite

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Description
Locality: 
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 2.6 × 3.1 cm
Description

A white kristiansenite crystal with a pale yellow tabular bavenite crystal and numerous stilbite crystal in a 20 x 10 mm vug

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

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