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Prase & Hematite On Hedenbergite

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Prase & Hematite On Hedenbergite

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Description
Locality: 
Mega Horio, Serifos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
15 × 7.5 × 6.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.50cm
Description

Wonderful big specimen with large green prasem crystals up to 3.5 cm. Full of glossy haematite 'iron roses' up to about half a centimeter. All on a base of green fibrous hedenbergite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Prase

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Hardness: 
0.0

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Hedenbergite

Formula: 
CaFe2+Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Mormorsgruvan, Tunaberg Cu-Co Ore Field, Tunaberg, Nyköping, Södermanland, Sweden

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