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Bavenite

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Description
Locality: 
Venero I Quarry, Cadalso de los Vidrios, Madrid, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 2.7 × 1 cm
Weight: 
15.00gr
Description

Spectacular group of bavenite crystals splashing onto a quartz-feldspar matrix from this famous Spanish quarry. Found in November 2003

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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