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Indialite

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Description
Locality: 
Nickenicher Weinberg, Nickenich, Andernach, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.3 × 1.1 cm
Description

Purple indialite crystal aggregate in very porous matrix. 

Ex. W. Schüller & B. Ternes collection. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Indialite

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