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Szaibélyite On Lizardite

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Szaibélyite On Lizardite

M. Hanauer
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Description
Locality: 
Dypingdal, Snarum, Modum, Viken, Norway
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 4.2 × 1.6 cm
Description

Fibrous white szaibelyite on greenish yellow lizardite. The black mineral might be magnesioferrite or simple haematite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Szaibélyite

Formula: 
MgBO2(OH)
Strunz: 
6.BA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania

Lizardite

Formula: 
Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Eastern Cliff, Kennack Cove (Kennack Sands), Kennack, Grade-Ruan, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, England, UK

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