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Lizardite Psm Enstatite

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Lizardite Psm Enstatite

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Snarum, Modum, Viken, Norway
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 5.5 × 3 cm
Weight: 
133.00gr
Description

An unusual specimen from Snarum, Norway: Lustrous silvery pseudomorphs of lizardite after enstatite in "greenstone".

Comes with old label dated 1862! Diaklas = lizardite pseudomorph after Fe-rich enstatite, Dana 6th, 351 (1892).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lizardite

Formula: 
Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Eastern Cliff, Kennack Cove (Kennack Sands), Kennack, Grade-Ruan, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, England, UK

Enstatite

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

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