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Fogoite-(Y) & Astrophyllite

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Fogoite-(Y) & Astrophyllite

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Description
Locality: 
Água de Pau Volcano, São Miguel Island, Azores District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.4 × 1.1 cm
Description

specimen with a beautiful tuft of light yellow needles of fogoite with associate very nice oranmge crystals of astrophillite.

c. 6106

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Astrophyllite

Formula: 
(K,Na)3(Fe,Mn)7Ti2Si8O24(O,OH)7
Strunz: 
9.DC.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
Golden
Type Locality: 
Låven (Skådön; Lamö; Lamanskjaer), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

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