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Titanite & Chlorite

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Titanite & Chlorite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Rauris, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.3 × 6.4 × 3.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

A matrix specimen of titanite var. sphene up to 1.5 cm with green chlorite and minor byssolite. The main crystal is double terminated. Comes with an antique handwritten label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Titanite

Formula: 
CaTi(SiO4)O
Strunz: 
9.AG.15
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Titanite occurrence, Hauzenberg, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Chlorite

Synonym Of: 

Chlorite Group

Group Parent: 
Chlorite
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2 - 2.5
Colour: 
Green, Grey, Brown
Streak: 
colourless