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Sursassite

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Description
Locality: 
Parsettens Alp, Tinizong, Oberhalbstein Alps, Albula Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.6 × 8 × 4.5 cm
Weight: 
327.00gr
Description

Here's another great Swiss classic, this piece was collected over 50 years ago.
The specimen comes from the mine Parsettens in Oberhalbstein, formerly Sursass. It is type locality for this mineral.
The piece is not aesthetics, but, due its rarity and large size, I understand this is really an specimen worthy of any museum.
Sursassite of this site and this size is very difficult, if not impossible, to obtain in the market.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sursassite

Formula: 
Mn2+2Al3(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)3
Strunz: 
9.BG.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Parsettens Alp, Tinizong (Tinzen), Oberhalbstein (Surses; Sursass), Albula Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland

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