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Beryl & Dickite

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Beryl & Dickite

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Description
Locality: 
Crevoladossola Quarry, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 3 × 4 cm
Description

Slender prismatic colorless beryl crystals on dolomite matrix associated with dickite ivory-white crystals
Very rare for this locality and in general on dolomite matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Beryl

Formula: 
Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
7.5 - 8.0
Streak: 
White

Dickite

Formula: 
Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Pant-y-Gaseg Mine, Amlwch, Isle of Anglesey (Gwynedd; Anglesey), Wales, UK

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