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Trapiche Cordierite & Indialite

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Trapiche Cordierite & Indialite

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Description
Locality: 
Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 0.7 × 0.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.90cm
Description

Classic trapiche cordierite (Sakura Ishi) from Kameoka hornfels outcrop. Rare.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cordierite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
7.0 - 7.5
Type Locality: 
Großer Arber, Bayerisch Eisenstein, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Indialite

Formula: 
Mg2Al3(AlSi5O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.05
Hardness: 
7.0 - 7.5
Type Locality: 
Bokaro coalfield, Hazaribagh District, Jharkhand, India

Seller Information

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