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Thorite Var Orangite

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Thorite Var Orangite

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Description
Locality: 
Arendal, Agder, Norway
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 3.6 × 2.5 cm
Description

Orange lustrous translucent crystals of orangite, a less common thorite variety, from arendal (Norway), with resinous to waxy lustre.

Ex. Ennio Contarini (IT) #2140.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Orangite

Variety Of: 

Thorite

Formula: 
(Th,U)SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AD.30
Hardness: 
4.5
Hardness: 
0.0

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