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Viridine

(mn Andalusite)
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Thasos Island, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5 × 3.5 cm
Description

Dark green viridine (few crystal planes visible) in quartz with minor feldspar matrix.Very rare material known in Greece only from Thasos island.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Viridine

Variety Of: 

Andalusite

Formula: 
Al2(SiO4)O
Strunz: 
9.AF.10
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.5
Formula: 
(Al,Mn3+)2SiO4O
Hardness: 
0.0

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