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Carpholite

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Carpholite

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Description
Locality: 
Biesenrode, Mansfeld, Wippra, Harz, Saxony - Anhalt, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 5 × 3 cm
Weight: 
150.00gr
Description

specimen with many greenish fibrous aggregates of carpholite on/in matrix.

c. 1164

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Carpholite

Formula: 
Mn2+Al2(Si2O6)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.DB.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Colour: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Horní Slavkov (Schlaggenwald), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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