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Lazulite

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Lazulite

A.L. Flagg collection
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Description
Locality: 
Hyatt's Camp, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 3.2 × 3.3 cm
Description

While hardly an impressive specimen for the species, this is a very rare specimen from Arizona.   This is old material from the collection of A.L. Flagg (1892-1961).   The three small specimens in his collection were the only examples of lazulite I've seen from the state.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lazulite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)Al2(PO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
8.BB.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Freßnitzgraben, Krieglach, Fischbacher Alpen, Styria, Austria

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