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Bixbyite With Topaz

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Bixbyite With Topaz

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Description
Locality: 
Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.5 × 1.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.40cm
Description

Uncommon shaped dark bixbyite crystal with some small topaz crystals on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bixbyite

Formula: 
Mn3+2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.10
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Colour: 
Black
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Maynard's claim (Pismire Knolls), Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA...

Topaz

Formula: 
Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Strunz: 
9.AF.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
8.0
Streak: 
White