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Chayesite & Merrihueite

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Chayesite & Merrihueite

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Description
Locality: 
Pauliberg Quarry, Kobersdorf, Oberpullendorf, Burgenland, Austria
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.10cm
Description

Brownish crystals up to 1 mm large on Lava. There are about a dozen crystals on this specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chayesite

Formula: 
K(Mg,Fe)4FeSi12O30
Strunz: 
9.CM.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Moon Canyon, Woodland, Summit Co., Utah, USA

Merrihueite

Formula: 
(K,Na)2(Fe,Mg)5Si12O30
Strunz: 
9.CM.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Mezö-Madaras meteorite (Fekete; Madaras; Maros; Mesö-Madarasz; Mezoe-Madaras; Weiler [NHM Cat.]), Mureş Co., Romania

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