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Bazzite & Anatase

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Bazzite & Anatase

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Rare Mineral

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Locality: 
Bonneval-Tarentaise, La Lauzière, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3 × 2 cm
Description

Two, nice, sky blue crystals of this rare scandium silicate stand out on the white matrix, with one champagne color anatase crystal.It's the last specimen that I have, is increasingly difficult to find samples from this famous locality, which provided excellent specimens but only once, with the 2011 finding.

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What's on the rock

Bazzite

Formula: 
Be3Sc2(Si6O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Seula mine (ex Montecatini quarry), Mount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

Anatase

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DD.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...

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