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Thulite

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Description
Locality: 
Mjønes Tunnel, Åstfjorden, Snillfjord, Trøndelag, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.8 × 2.5 cm
Description

Pinkish-red, high lustery, long-prismatic, free-standing crystals up to 1cm, on large cavities in Quartz-Thulite matrix. World class and very showy specimens, discovered and collected in January 2019 during the construction of a large road tunnel.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Thulite

Variety Of: 

Zoisite

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al3}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.10
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
pink
Type Locality: 
Øvstebø, Kleppan, Sauland, Hjartdal, Telemark, Norway