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Thortveitite

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Thortveitite

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Description
Locality: 
Landås #7 Feldspar Quarries, Iveland, Agder, Norway
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 2.2 × 1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Description

Small feldspar matrix with one greenish-grey prismatic crystal of thortveitite. Old sample from around 1970. The label is Beinmyr, Evje, Setesdal.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Thortveitite

Formula: 
(Sc,Y)2Si2O7
Strunz: 
9.BC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Ljoslandsknipan (Thortveitittgruva), Knipan (Knipane), Ljosland, Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway

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