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Clinohumite

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Clinohumite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Sierra de Mijas, Mijas, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.8 × 5.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

Very rich and good specimen of brown clinohumite crystals with minor spinel crystals on marble matrix.

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