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Roggianite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
(Urals), Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 0.2 × 0.2 cm
Description

White acicular crystals of the rare beryllium mineral roggianite from a locality in Russia.

Labeled in the box as Ginzburgite, an old name for roggianite.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Roggianite

Formula: 
Ca2Be(OH)2Al2Si4O13·2.5H2O
Strunz: 
9.GB.20
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Alpe Rosso, Orcesco, Druogno, Vigezzo Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

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