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Zircon & Vishnevite

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Description
Locality: 
Kurochkin Log, Vishnevye Mountains, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4 × 8 × 7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.00cm
Weight: 
162.00gr
Description

Very nice and big Zircon crystal up to 30 mm with blue masses of Vishnevite up to 20 mm from the type locality

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zircon

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

Vishnevite

Formula: 
(Na,K)8(Al6Si6O24)(SO4,CO3)·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.FB.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Kurochkin Log, Vishnevye Mts (Vishnyovye; Cherry), Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...