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Hydroxylclinohumite

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Hydroxylclinohumite

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Description
Locality: 
Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4.5 × 4.1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.10cm
Description

 An aesthetic specimen of gemmy clean sharp well terminated dark -red hydroxylclinohumite crystals hosts on clinochlore matrix.

One crystal has etching at back side while other crystal is perfect all around.

A very good gemmy hydroxylclinohumite from the locality.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hydroxylclinohumite

Formula: 
Mg9(SiO4)4(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.AF.55
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Zelentsovskaya Pit, Kusinsk Fe-Ti-V-deposit, Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

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