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Spessartine With Clinochlore

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Spessartine With Clinochlore

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Description
Locality: 
Khogyani, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 3.7 cm
Description

A large well terminated spessartine incombination with clinochlore arrond it.The specimen could also be count as clinochlore psm spessartine.

There is no damage in this specimen.

A really nice captivating spessartine example.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Spessartine

Formula: 
Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sommer quarry, Wendelberg, Haibach, Aschaffenburg, Spessart, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Clinochlore

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Brinton's Quarry, West Chester, Westtown Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA...

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