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Bavenite

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Description
Locality: 
La Cabrera, Madrid, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 3 × 1.8 cm
Weight: 
24.00gr
Description

Very interesting group of acicular bavenite crystals with a fibrous appearance typical of this quarry. The bavenite is on a quartz matrix and has a small portion of opal, which can be seen in one of the photos given its green fluorescence under light. long wave ultraviolet.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bavenite

Formula: 
Ca4Be2Al2Si9O26(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DF.25
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.5
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Seula mine (ex Montecatini quarry), Mount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

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