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Paracelsian

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Paracelsian

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Benallt Mine, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 0.4 × 0.4 cm
Description

A fine single crystal of paracelsian from the classic finds dating back to the 1930's.   This is an unusually clean crystal with a habit strongly resembling danburite.  

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Paracelsian

Formula: 
BaAl2Si2O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.40
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Candoglia quarries, Candoglia, Mergozzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

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