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Illite & Manganoneptunite

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Illite & Manganoneptunite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 2.7 × 2.1 cm
Description

white tabular rosette like crystal aggregates of 1 cm, with some Zircone crystals on Feldspar matrix. It shows there are real Illite crystals of 5 mm and no pseudomorphs. It will be the biggest known crystals of the Hydro-Mica Illite, "strange, but why not"

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Illite

Variety Of: 

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Formula: 
K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Maquoketa Shale, Gilead, Calhoun Co., Illinois, USA

Manganoneptunite

Formula: 
Na2KLi(Mn2+,Fe2+)2Ti2[Si8O24]
Strunz: 
9.EH.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Colour: 
Red
Type Locality: 
Maly Mannepakhk Mt (Malyi Mannepakhk Mt), Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...