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Ripidolite

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Ripidolite

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Description
Locality: 
Krumlbach Valley, Rauris, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 6.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

A very good specimen of ripidolite crystals - a variety of Clinochlore - from Wolfgang Schneider collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ripidolite

Variety Of: 

Clinochlore

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Formula: 
(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8
Hardness: 
0.0