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Thorite

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Description
Locality: 
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay, Myanmar (former Burma)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.2 × 0.9 cm
Description

water worn of thorite crystals covered with Al-Th oxide (not named) while harvesting gem lairs in Mogok

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Thorite

Formula: 
(Th,U)SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AD.30
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
The Thorite Hole, Løvøya (Løvø; Lövö; Lövöe), Langesundsfjorden, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway
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