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Corrensite & Thorite

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Corrensite & Thorite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Lohning Quarry, Rauris, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 1.5 × 1.2 cm
Description

Small cream color globular crystals of rare corrensite with cubic crystal of thorite in matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Corrensite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe)9((Si,Al)8O20)(OH)10·nH2O
Strunz: 
9.EC.60
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Zaisersweiher, Maulbronn, Kraichgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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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