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Bavenite & Chamosite On Adularia

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Bavenite & Chamosite On Adularia

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Description
Locality: 
Sattelkar, Gosskopf, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14.5 × 5.3 × 2.5 cm
Description

Waterclear bavenite (hard to show on pictures) and beautiful, bent, worm-like dark green chamosite crystals on adularia. A good-looking specimen from both sides.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bavenite

Formula: 
Ca4Be2Al2Si9O26(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DF.25
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.5
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Seula mine (ex Montecatini quarry), Mount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

Chamosite

Formula: 
(Fe2+,Mg)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Haut de Cry, Chamoson, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

Adularia

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6 Ortho - clase

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