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- Availability
- Sold
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- Locality
- Lemnäs, Kemiö Island, Finland
- Formula
- KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2
- Size
- SmCabinet 6x5x6cm
- Tagged
- pegmatite mineral
This is a weird one, one of which had been described in the old literature as "gigantolite" in reference to it huge, gigantic crystals once though to be a unique mineral. Later studies proved it to be only a mixture of micas. The old Excalibur and Heinrich label indicates that it is a variety of topaz, which evidently it is not.