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Forsterite & Pseudobrookite

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Forsterite & Pseudobrookite

Found 18.09.1996
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Wannenköpfe Quarry, Ochtendung, Maifeld, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1.8 × 1.4 cm
Weight: 
4.00gr
Description

Funky bright red forsterite crystals together with pseudobrookite and pyroxene crystals on matrix.
 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Forsterite

Formula: 
Mg2SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AC.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

Pseudobrookite

Formula: 
Fe2TiO5
Strunz: 
4.CB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Uroi Hill (Arany Hill), Simeria, Hunedoara Co., Romania