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Enstatite

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Enstatite

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Locality: 
Landanai, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania (United Republic)
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 0.8 × 0.8 cm
Description

A very rare gemstone - the paticular crystal is developed as floater. It shows etched faces, but glossy - the structures and the etching reminds to heliodor from wolodarsk. The crystal is gemmy inside. Undamaged.

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