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Zircon With Hornblende

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Zircon With Hornblende

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Barkevik, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 6.1 × 5.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Weight: 
285.00gr
Description

Brown euhedral crystals of zircon from the Barkevik area, in a matrix associated to black amphibole, in a feldspar matrix. The zircon crystals display intense orange fluorescence under long waves and very intense yellow fluorescence under short UV light.

Collected by Manfred Fabig in Juni/24th/1968. Ex Manfred Fabig #1401.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zircon

Formula: 
ZrSiO4
Strunz: 
9.AD.30
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
White

Hornblende

Synonym Of: 

Ferro-hornblende

Formula: 
☐{Ca2}{Fe2+4Al}(AlSi7O22)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Magnesio-hornblende

Formula: 
☐{Ca2}{Mg4Al}(AlSi7O22)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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