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Clinohumite & Spinel

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Clinohumite & Spinel

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Sierra de Mijas, Mijas, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5.5 × 4.5 cm
Description

Very good cluster of  brown clinohumite crystals up to 8 mm with beautiful violet spinel crystals.

Rare specimen - collected 1998

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

Spinel

Formula: 
MgAl2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
7.5 - 8.0