Mineral: | Torita (Thorita) | Fórmula química: | (Th,U)SiO4 | Tamaño: | | Peso: | | Transparencia: | | Número de piezas: | | Origen: | depósito secundario: Onh Bin Htwet Yee, Le-Oo (Le U), al noreste de Mogok, posible mine primaria: Oh Saung Taung, Le-Oo (Le U), Birmania (Myanmar) | Well here you get a rare fine idiomorph tetragonal grown Thorite crystal, rarely occurring with nice shape. The crystal is sadly missing the terminations but the ends seem are not fully broken. Nevertheless this specimen is a very fine reference specimen for this mineral species. The crystals is emitting a gamma radiation of 10µSv/h !

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