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Petalite

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Description
Locality: 
Aracuai, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 1.9 × 1.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
5.00cm
Description

a single, large petalite crystal from an obscure mine in Araçuaì; purchased in Taquaral this september

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Petalite

Formula: 
LiAl(Si4O10)
Strunz: 
9.EF.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Utö Mines, Utö, Södermanland, Sweden