Paracelsian
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Paracelsian
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- 7 x 4.5 x 6 cm - Sm Cabinet
- Formula
- BaAl2Si2O8 (RRUFF)
- Locality
- Banallt mine, Rhiw, Caenarvonshire, Wales
Paracelsian is a very rare barium feldspar found in three localities worldwide. The crystals are monoclinic with long tapering chisel points {110} dominating the prism sides. This is the type locality from a deposit "in a band through sandstone and shale, associated with a metamorphosed manganese deposit"......(Handbook of Mineralogy). Old Hugh Ford label.
Type Locality
Paracelsian
- Formula
- BaAl2Si2O8
- Crystal System
- Monoclinic
- Crystal Habit
- Pseudo Orthorhombic
- Cleavage
- Indistinct, None, None
- Luster
- Vitreous (Glassy)
- Color
- colorless, white
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Monoclinic - Prismatic
- Fracture
- Brittle - Uneven
- Hardness
- 6
Data courtesy of Webmineral.
- Collection
- Phillips Collection
- Special Info
- Type Locality
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