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Glaucophane With Omphacite

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Glaucophane With Omphacite

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Description
Locality: 
Bric Vert, Quincinetto, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 6 × 5 cm
Description

deep blue glaucophane with green omphacite,from classic locality

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Glaucophane

Formula: 
◻[Na2][Mg3Al2]Si8O22(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.25
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Syros Island (Syra), Cyclade Islands (Cyclades; Kikladhes; Nomos Kikladhon), Kykládes Prefecture, Aegean Islands Department (Aiyaíon), Greece

Omphacite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na)(Mg,Al)Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.20
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Eclogite outcrops, Weißenstein, Stammbach, Münchberg Metamorphic complex, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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