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Cordierite & Phlogopite

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Cordierite & Phlogopite

Ex-David J. Eicher Collection; ex-John H. Eicher Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Bodenmais, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5 × 4.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.80cm
Description

Old-time piece from an old collection. Black cordierite with tan phlogopite crystals in matrix from an old German locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cordierite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
7.0 - 7.5
Type Locality: 
Großer Arber, Bayerisch Eisenstein, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Phlogopite

Formula: 
KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH,F)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
David J. Eicher

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