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Magnetite & Vesuvianite

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Magnetite & Vesuvianite

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Description
Locality: 
Khogyani, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 4.5 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Description

Very fine sharp single and twinned magnetite crystals on matrix with clinochlore diopside and bright green vesuvianite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Magnetite

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

Vesuvianite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na,☐)19(Al,Mg,Fe3+)13(☐,B,Al,Fe3+)5(Si2O7)4(SiO4)10(OH,F,O)10
Strunz: 
9.BG.35
Hardness: 
6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

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