Aminoffite
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Aminoffite
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- 2 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm - Thumbnail
- Formula
- Ca3(BeOH)2Si3O10 (RRUFF)
- Locality
- Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden
- Tagged
- beryllium
An exceptionally rich specimen with no less than 18 waterclear to murky tetragonal dipyramidal crystals from 0.25 to .75mm. At least four crystals are to 0.75mm. Some crystals are full and complete others are partial and half hidden by matrix. A very rare beryllium silcate found at Langban and in Russia.
Type Locality
Aminoffite
- Formula
- Ca3(BeOH)2Si3O10
- Crystal System
- Tetragonal
- Cleavage
- Indistinct, None, None
- Luster
- Vitreous (Glassy)
- Color
- colorless, light yellow
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Tetragonal - Ditetragonal Dipyramidal
- Fracture
- Brittle - Conchoidal
- Hardness
- 5.5
Data courtesy of Webmineral.
- Collection
- Phillips Collection
- Special Info
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