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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: 
1.4 × 0.6 × 0.6 cm
Description

An excellent single crystal of Paracelsian from the Benallt Mine.   This specimen is a single colorless to white to grey crystal free of Matrix.   Paracelsian is a rare barium bearing member of the feldspar group which was found at the Benallt Mine in the 1930's.   To my knowledge no specimens were recovered after WWII, and they have been essentially absent from the market since the 1960s.  

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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