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Armenite

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Armenite

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Description
Locality: 
Isenwegg, Wasen Alp, Simplon Pass, Brig, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

The surface of the specimen is covered with sharp glassy colorless to white armenite crystals.

Ex Stefan Weiss, Munich

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Armenite

Formula: 
BaCa2Al6Si9O30·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.CM.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Armen Mine, Overberget Mining Field, Kongsberg Silver Mining District, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway

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