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Lizardite & Hematite Psm Magnetite

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Lizardite & Hematite Psm Magnetite

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Description
Locality: 
Dypingdal, Snarum, Modum, Viken, Norway
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.5 × 6.8 × 3.3 cm
Description

A very beautiful half pebble of yellow-green lizardite (Norwegian 'jade') with metallic black martite (haematite pseudomorph after magnetite), one side cut and polished. Unpolished side also pictured. Really beautiful in nature.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lizardite

Formula: 
Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Eastern Cliff, Kennack Cove (Kennack Sands), Kennack, Grade-Ruan, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, England, UK

Hematite

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

Magnetite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
Black

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