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Chondrodite

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Chondrodite

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Description
Locality: 
Conchita Mine, Estepona, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 7 × 4 cm
Description

This is a fantastic chondrodite specimen with sharp crystals up to 7 mm in several vugs of the matrix.

With minor native bismuth grains, tiny graphite blades and bismuthinite.

Collected in 1998

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chondrodite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)5(SiO4)2(F,OH)2
Strunz: 
9.AF.45
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Skräbböle quarry, Pargas (Parainen), Southwestern Finland Region, Finland