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Palygorskite

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Palygorskite

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Description
Locality: 
Dúbrava, Jelšava, Revúca County, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.1 × 5.8 × 1.9 cm
Description

Very nice palygorskite ("mountain leather") specimen. This is a massive leather like mass attached with minor dolomite matrix.

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Palygorskite

Formula: 
(Mg,Al)5(Si,Al)8O20(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
9.EE.20
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Second Mine, Popovka River, Palygorskaya Distance of Perm Railways, Permskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...
Loranth Minerals

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