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Thorite

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Description
Locality: 
Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Mandalay, Myanmar (former Burma)
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 0.7 × 0.7 cm
Description

waterworn crystal of black Thorite from gem gravels of syenite-pegmatites.

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
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