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Enstatite

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Description
Locality: 
Ødegården Mines, Bamble, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14 × 13 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
12.50cm
Weight: 
1 096.00gr
Description

Two large, dark green coloured enstatite crystals, partly with good, smooth faces, with some yellow apatite and a bit of phlogopite, from the old Ødegården apatite mines. Specimen from the estate of a local collector.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Enstatite

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

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