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Clinohumite & Spinel

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Clinohumite & Spinel

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Ojén, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 3.8 × 3 cm
Description

Very good specimen with brown clinohumite crystals up to 17 mm with beautiful violet spinel crystals in marmol matrix.

Collected 1989

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