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Chamosite Psm Garnet

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Chamosite Psm Garnet

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Description
Locality: 
Spurr Mine, Imperial Heights, Baraga County, Michigan, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.1 × 2.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.60cm
Description

A perfect chamosite pseudomorphosis after a garnet rhombendocahedron on matrix. The base is sawed.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chamosite

Formula: 
(Fe2+,Mg)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Haut de Cry, Chamoson, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland