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Cordierite Indialite Psm Mica

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Cordierite Indialite Psm Mica

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.6 × 0.6 × 0.4 cm
Description

Single Cerasite crystal - "sakura ishi" - aka 'cherry blossom stones' - A complex replacement of cordierite-indialite by mica

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

Indialite

Formula: 
Mg2Al3(AlSi5O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.05
Hardness: 
7.0 - 7.5
Type Locality: 
Bokaro coalfield, Hazaribagh District, Jharkhand, India

Mica

Group Parent: 
Mica Group

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