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Pyrophyllite

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Pyrophyllite

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Locality: 
St Niklaus, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 7.1 × 1.4 cm
Description

Pale mint coloured spheroidal sprays of phyllosilicate pyrophyllite richly perched on matrix. They are typically pearly lustrous and for the species very good defined. This is a very good specimen considering the species and the locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrophyllite

Formula: 
Al2(Si4O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.10
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Pyshminskoe deposit (Staro-Pyshminskoye), Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Berezovskii (Berezovskii Zavod), Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...
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