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Armalcolite Warwickite Tridymite & Enstatite

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Armalcolite Warwickite Tridymite & Enstatite

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Description
Locality: 
La Aljorra Quarries, La Aljorra, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.5 × 3 cm
Description

  Lots of vugs with, armacolite (brown prismatic crystals), warwickite (acicular red crystals), ensteatite ( prismatic yellow crystals) and trydimite ( balls of hexagonal crystals) in a lamproite matrix.  

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Armalcolite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)Ti2O5
Strunz: 
4.CB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 0.0
Colour: 
Grey
Type Locality: 
Tranquillity Base (Apollo 11 landing site), Mare Tranquillitatis (Sea of Tranquility), The Moon

Warwickite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)3Ti(BO3)2O2
Strunz: 
6.AB.20
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Warwick, Town of Warwick, Orange Co., New York, USA

Tridymite

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.10
Crystal System: 
Triclinic - Pedial
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cerro San Cristóbal, Mun. de Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico

Enstatite

Formula: 
MgSiO3
Group Parent: 
Orthopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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