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Böhmite & Natrolite

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Böhmite & Natrolite

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Description
Locality: 
Saga #1 Quarry, Sagåsen, Mørje, Porsgrunn, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 3.5 × 3.1 cm
Description

a large vug filled with white acicular crystals of natrolite hosting several clusters of yellow orange boehmite crystals; sold with its old label

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Böhmite

Formula: 
AlO(OH)
Strunz: 
4.FE.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Mas Rouge, Les Baux-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France...

Natrolite

Formula: 
Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hohentwiel, Singen, Hegau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany