Bikitaite with Eucryptite
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Bikitaite with Eucryptite
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- 9 x 7 x 4 cm - Sm Cabinet
- Formula
- LiAlSi2O6·H2O (RRUFF)
- Locality
- Bikita Pegmatite, Masvingo dist., Zimbabwe
- Tagged
- pegmatite mineral
This a large, wonderful specimen loaded with colorless, prismatic Bikitaite crystals. The largest crystal is 2cm. It is a Westenbeger collection piece, which was sold by Dave Bunk several years ago. Type locality and very hard to obtain.
Type Locality
Bikitaite
- Formula
- LiAlSi2O6·H2O
- Crystal System
- Triclinic
- Crystal Habit
- Aggregates
- Cleavage
- Perfect, Good, None
- Luster
- Vitreous (Glassy)
- Color
- colorless, white
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Triclinic - Pedial
- Fracture
- Conchoidal
- Hardness
- 6
Data courtesy of Webmineral.
- Collection
- McConlogue Collection
- Special Info
- Type Locality
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