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Yuanfuliite Calcite Hematite & Diopside

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Yuanfuliite Calcite Hematite & Diopside

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Description
Locality: 
Nuestra Señora del Carmen Mines, La Celia, Jumilla, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 2.8 × 3.2 cm
Weight: 
20.00gr
Description

This piece arises from the mines of Nuestra Señora del Carmen, which is formed by brown acicular crystals of Yuanfuliite, spherical crystals of calcite and other habits, crystals with a metallic luster of dark-hued hematite and finally yellowish and bright diopside crystals. In short, a beautiful specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Yuanfuliite

Formula: 
Mg(Fe3+,Fe2+,Al,Ti,Mg)(BO3)O
Strunz: 
6.AB.20
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Zhuanmiao Boron deposit, Kuandian Co., Dandong Prefecture, Liaoning Province (Manchuria; Dongbei Region), China

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Aragonite and Vaterite
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Diopside

Formula: 
CaMgSi2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
white

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