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Microlite & Bavenite

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Microlite & Bavenite

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Description
Locality: 
Alpe Rosso, Orcesco, Druogno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2 × 1.4 cm
Description

A single, brown, lustrous crystal on albite with colourless bavenite

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