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Carpholite

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Description
Locality: 
Horní Slavkov, Sokolov, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
6 × 10 × 6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Very rich, straw-yellow, lustrous, radial fibrous aggregates of acicular carpholite crystals up to 1 cm across on matrix from the type locality Horní Slavkov, Bohemia, Czech Republic. A very rich and nice European classic mineral specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Carpholite

Formula: 
Mn2+Al2(Si2O6)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.DB.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Colour: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Horní Slavkov (Schlaggenwald), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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