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Baddeleyite & Corundum

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Baddeleyite & Corundum

Ex coll. Dr. David Garske

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Description
Locality: 
Gallatin Gateway, Gallatin County, Montana, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Dark brown baddelyite in molds after brown-red corundum.

Found in the 1970s

Ex collection of Dr. David Garske, Bisbee - with label

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baddeleyite

Formula: 
ZrO2
Strunz: 
4.DE.35
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.5
Type Locality: 
Kollonnagam, Rakwana, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka

Corundum

Formula: 
Al2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
9.0
Streak: 
White

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