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Bavenite

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Bavenite

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Description
Locality: 
St Gotthard Road Tunnel South, Airolo, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.6 × 1.6 cm
Description

Nice bavenite on matrix

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