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Shirozulite

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Shirozulite

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Description
Locality: 
Bikkulovskoe, Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.7 × 1.3 cm
Description

Dark reddish brown shirozulite, which was analysed, see report. Rare material, two locations known.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Shirozulite

Formula: 
K(Mn2+,Mg)3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.20
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Taguchi mine, Shidara-cho, Kita-Shidara-gun, Aichi Prefecture, Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Shirozulite