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Ellenbergerite

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Ellenbergerite

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Locality: 
Martiniana Po, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 1.8 × 1.1 cm
Description

Good microcrystals of type and only locality mineral ellenbergerite. It's a rare complex silicate species, forms purple crystals in pale pink pyrop-coesit-phengite matrix. Unique high-pressure white schist mineralization.

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Ellenbergerite

Formula: 
Mg6(Mg,Ti,Zr,◻)2(Al,Mg)6Si8O28(OH)10
Strunz: 
9.AF.80
Hardness: 
6.5
Type Locality: 
Case Parigi (Case Paris), Martiniana Po, Po Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
Loranth Minerals

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