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Beryl On Albite Over Schorl

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Beryl On Albite Over Schorl

M Brown Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Pyramid Hill Quarry, Pyramid Hill, Loddon Shire, Victoria, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.9 × 5.7 × 3 cm
Description

Small pokerchip style beryl crystals with isolated schorl crystal on white albite. The albite is over a bed of brown to greenish black schorl crystals

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

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

Schorl

Formula: 
Na(Fe2+3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Strunz: 
9.CK.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Earthstones Australia

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