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Lindsleyite

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Lindsleyite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Bultfontein Mine, Kimberley, Baard District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.2 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

A black single crystal of the very rare mineral lindsleyite from the TL in Southafrica.

Only known from a few localities worldwide.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lindsleyite

Formula: 
(Ba,Sr)(Zr,Ca)(Fe,Mg)2(Ti,Cr,Fe)18O38
Strunz: 
4.CC.40
Hardness: 
7.5
Type Locality: 
De Beers Mine, Kimberley, Francis Baard District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

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