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Kämmererite On Chromite

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Kämmererite On Chromite

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Description
Locality: 
Kop Krom Mine, Kop Daglari, Erzurum Province, Turkey
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 2.5 × 2.4 cm
Description

Very beautiful, well-sized, lustrous purple crystals of kämmererite (= chromian clinochlore) on chromite.
The color is much better in nature.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kämmererite

Variety Of: 

Clinochlore

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
white

Chromite

Formula: 
Fe2+Cr3+2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Hardness: 
5.5
Colour: 
Black
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Bastide de la Carrade, Gassin, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France...

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