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Gahnite

ex coll. Joachim Schöne, Dresden

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Description
Locality: 
Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal, Irkutsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Sharp black octahedral gahnite crystals with green diopside on matrix.

Found in 1967

Ex collection  Joachim Schöne, Dresden

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gahnite

Formula: 
ZnAl2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
7.5 - 8.0
Streak: 
Grey
Type Locality: 
Falun mine, Falun, Dalarna, Sweden
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