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Bazzite & Gugiaite

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Bazzite & Gugiaite

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Locality: 
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.1 × 4.1 × 2.6 cm
Description

a top end specimen featuring a cluster of blue bazzite crystals  that can be seen with the naked eye and several clusters of white and cream coloured gugiaite crystals; some of them in a very large size, never seen in Baveno quarry ! truly a rarity indeed

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Bazzite

Formula: 
Be3Sc2(Si6O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Seula mine (ex Montecatini quarry), Mount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

Gugiaite

Formula: 
Ca2Be(Si2O7)
Strunz: 
9.BB.10
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Gujia village, Tangqiao, Zhangjiagang Co., Suzhou Prefecture, Jiangsu Province, China

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