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Thulite is a mineral that is usually found as a reddish pink color and has a rough and textured surface. Thulite is usually found growing with rocks like white calcite.

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  • Thulite
  • Thulite
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  • Thulite is a mineral that is usually found as a reddish pink color and has a rough and textured surface. Thulite is usually found growing with rocks like white calcite.
  • Thulite (sometimes called rosaline) is an opaque, massive pink manganese rich variety of the mineral zoisite. Thulite is often mottled with white calcite and occurs as veins and fracture fillings transecting many types of rock. In mineralogical literature, thulite may sometimes refer to any pink zoisite. Thulite was first discovered in Lom, Norway in 1820. It is named after the mythical island of Thule in the belief that the island is Norway. Thulite is used as a gemstone and carving material in the manufacture of jewellery and ornamental objects.
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cleave
  • Imperfect
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Category
  • Mineral Variety
opticalprop
  • biaxial positive
mohs
  • 65(xsd:integer)
Gravity
  • 310(xsd:integer)
Name
  • Thulite
  • Thulite
Caption
  • Thulite from Leksvik, Norway.
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streak
  • White or colorless
  • white or colorless
formula
  • Ca2Al3O
System
Hard
  • 6(xsd:double)
pleochroism
  • Present, dichroism or trichroism depending on color.
Color
  • Pink
RM
  • Mineral
cleavage
  • Perfect {010} imperfect {100}
habit
  • Massive
Pro
  • Thoo-light
fracture
  • Uneven to conchoidal
refractive
  • 169(xsd:integer)
luster
  • Vitreous, pearly on cleavage surfaces
birefringence
  • 6(xsd:integer)
abstract
  • Thulite (sometimes called rosaline) is an opaque, massive pink manganese rich variety of the mineral zoisite. Thulite is often mottled with white calcite and occurs as veins and fracture fillings transecting many types of rock. In mineralogical literature, thulite may sometimes refer to any pink zoisite. Thulite was first discovered in Lom, Norway in 1820. It is named after the mythical island of Thule in the belief that the island is Norway. Thulite is used as a gemstone and carving material in the manufacture of jewellery and ornamental objects. Thulite is also found in the Austrian Tyrol, in Mitchell County, North Carolina, and in Western Australia. A new, more recent find of high quality thulite was discovered near Riverside in Okanogan County, Washington, USA.
  • Thulite is a mineral that is usually found as a reddish pink color and has a rough and textured surface. Thulite is usually found growing with rocks like white calcite.
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