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Kinoshitalite

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Kinoshitalite

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Description
Locality: 
Noda-Tamagawa Mine, Noda-mura, Kunohe-gun, Iwate Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 0.9 cm
Description

specimen with many micaceous brownish crystals of the uncommon kinoshitalite in matrix from the type locality.

For value the dimension of the crystals I remenber you that the photos of my specimens are taken at only 20/40 enlargement!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kinoshitalite

Formula: 
(Ba,K)(Mg,Mn2+,Al)3(Al2Si2O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.35
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Noda-Tamagawa mine, Noda, Iwate Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan

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