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Chromphyllite

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Chromphyllite

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Description
Locality: 
Kaber's Pit, Pokhabikha Valley, Sludyanka, Lake Baikal, Irkutsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 4.2 × 3.5 cm
Description

Green micrycrystals of chromphyllite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chromphyllite

Formula: 
K(Cr,Al)2(AlSi3O10)(OH,F)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Kaber's pit, Pokhabikha River Valley, Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...