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Byssolite & Albite

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Byssolite & Albite

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Description
Locality: 
Giuv Valley, Tujetsch, Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 10.4 × 6.2 cm
Weight: 
169.00gr
Description

Nice specimen from Switzerland locality with a myriad of long hairy byssolite crystals in a beautiful and intense green color in graduated shading associated with white albite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Byssolite

Variety Of: 

Amphibole Supergroup

Formula: 
AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Hardness: 
0.0
Hardness: 
0.0

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

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