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Indialite

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Description
Locality: 
Nickenicher Weinberg, Nickenich, Andernach, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 0.9 × 0.4 cm
Description

Nice blue microcrystals of indialite. This is a Mg-Al silicate, the hexagonal dimorph of cordierite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Indialite

Formula: 
Mg2Al3(AlSi5O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.05
Hardness: 
7.0 - 7.5
Type Locality: 
Bokaro coalfield, Hazaribagh District, Jharkhand, India
Loranth Minerals

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