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Eucryptite

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Eucryptite

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Description
Locality: 
Xianghualing Mine, Linwu County, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 6 × 3.5 cm
Weight: 
170.00gr
Description

White eucryptite and some scheelite grains on matrix. Scheelite is blue and eucryptite deep red under UV light. It is possible that there is some grains of Hsianghualite on same item. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Eucryptite

Formula: 
LiAlSiO4
Strunz: 
9.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA

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