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Liberite & Hsianghualite

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Liberite & Hsianghualite

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Description
Locality: 
Xianghualing Mine, Linwu County, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Brown crystal aggregates of the very rare Li-Be silicate mineral liberite (photos 1-4) from the type locality in China and only one of the two known localiteis worldwide, and associated to white hsianghualite (photos 6 to 7).

Matrix specimens of liberite in this size are rarely seen in the mineral market.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection specimen, from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Liberite

Formula: 
Li2BeSiO4
Strunz: 
9.AA.10
Hardness: 
7.0
Type Locality: 
Xianghualing Mine (Hsianghualing Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China

Hsianghualite

Formula: 
Ca3Li2(Be3Si3O12)F2
Strunz: 
9.GB.05
Hardness: 
6.5
Type Locality: 
Xianghualing Mine (Hsianghualing Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China

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