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Hydroxylclinohumite

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Hydroxylclinohumite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Sierra de Mijas, Mijas, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 5.5 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.70cm
Description

A cluster of brown hydroxylclinohumite crystals up to 17 mm with violet spinel crystals. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hydroxylclinohumite

Formula: 
Mg9(SiO4)4(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.AF.55
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Zelentsovskaya Pit, Kusinsk Fe-Ti-V-deposit, Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...