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Clinohumite

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Clinohumite

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Description
Locality: 
Sierra de Mijas, Mijas, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 7.5 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.70cm
Description

Very large orange brown clinohumite crystals with tiny violet spinel crystals in marble.

Very good specimen from an European locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Clinohumite

Formula: 
Mg9(SiO4)4F2
Strunz: 
9.AF.55
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy