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Gugiaite

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Description
Locality: 
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 4.1 × 2.1 cm
Description

A miniature of quartz and pink orthoclase hosts hundreds large (for the specie), white or colourless , rounded crystals of gugiaite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gugiaite

Formula: 
Ca2Be(Si2O7)
Strunz: 
9.BB.10
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Gujia village, Tangqiao, Zhangjiagang Co., Suzhou Prefecture, Jiangsu Province, China