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Chromian Lawsonite

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Chromian Lawsonite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Cape Marmari, Grammata Bay, Syros Island, Syros, South Aegean, Greece
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.4 × 1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Description

Isolated and very well defined crystal of Lawsonite on matrix. RARE

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lawsonite

Formula: 
CaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BE.05
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Reed Station, Tiburon Uplands Nature Preserve, Tiburon Peninsula, Marin Co., California, USA