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Kobeite-(Y)

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Kobeite-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Shiraishi-yama, Kobe, Kyōtango City, Kyoto Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.1 × 0.5 cm
Description

specimen with some very nice black needles of kobeite-(Y) on/in matrix from the type locality.

c. 3106

 

 

Mineral Data
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Kobeite-(Y)

Formula: 
(Y,Zr)2(Ti,Fe3+)2(O,OH)7
Strunz: 
4.DG.05
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Shiraishi-yama (Shiroishi), Kobe, Ohmiya town, Kyoto prefecture, Kinki region, Honshu Island, Japan

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