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Sudoite

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Sudoite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Ottré, Vielsalm, Luxembourg Province, Belgium
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.7 × 1.3 cm
Description

Well terminated sudoite blades built up balls like mica. But it is a member of chlorite group with yellowish color.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sudoite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)2Al3(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Knollenberg Keuper formation, Lützelbach, Plochingen, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany