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Pyroxferroite

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Pyroxferroite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Bellerberg, Ettringen, Eifel Mountains, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.4 × 0.4 cm
Description

Uncommon Fe-silicate species pyroxferroite from the Eifel Mts. It forms greyish crystals on sanidinite matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyroxferroite

Formula: 
(Fe,Mn,Ca)SiO3
Strunz: 
9.DO.05
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Mare Tranquillitatis (Sea of Tranquility), The Moon
Loranth Minerals

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