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Bearthite & Lazulite

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Bearthite & Lazulite

ex Joy Desor mineralanalytik

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Description
Locality: 
Stockhorn, Zermatt, Zermatt - Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.6 × 0.5 cm
Description

Pale green lazulite and quartz with small yellowish bearthite.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bearthite

Formula: 
Ca2Al(PO4)2(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BG.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Metapelite outcrops, Stockhorn, Gorner glacier area, Zermatt, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee area, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

Lazulite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)Al2(PO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
8.BB.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Freßnitzgraben, Krieglach, Fischbacher Alpen, Styria, Austria

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