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Petalite

ex Fritz Haller collection

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Description
Locality: 
Helikon I Pegmatite, Okongava Ost Farm 72, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 3 × 3 cm
Description

A pure, massive cream-white sample of petalite from the Helikon pegmatite.

Old time specimen from the Fritz Haller collection. Comes with his original label

Found about 1965. Seldom offered from this locality.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Petalite

Formula: 
LiAl(Si4O10)
Strunz: 
9.EF.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Utö Mines, Utö, Södermanland, Sweden
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