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Forsterite Var Peridot

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Forsterite Var Peridot

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Description
Locality: 
Sapat Gali, Naran, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.7 × 0.8 cm
Description

Wonderful green coloured and super transparent specimen of polished peridote from Pakistan.

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

Peridot

Variety Of: 

Forsterite

Formula: 
Mg2SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AC.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Hardness: 
0.0