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Trattnerite

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Trattnerite

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Description
Locality: 
Stradner Kogel, Wilhelmsdorf, Südoststeiermark District, Styria, Austria
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.5 × 0.4 × 0.2 cm
Description

One of the smallest samples in this auction but also one of the rarest. This micromount-sized specimen has one tiny tabular hexagonal dark blue crystal of the rare silicate trattnerite on matrix. Named in 2002 after it's discoverer Walter Trattner.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Trattnerite

Formula: 
□(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)2(Mg,Fe2+,Fe3+)3(Si12O30)
Strunz: 
9.CM.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Blue
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Stradner Kogel, Wilhelmsdorf, Bad Gleichenberg, Styria, Austria
Cartils Minerals

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