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Annite & Titanite

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Annite & Titanite

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Locality: 
Ribeira Grande, São Miguel, Azores District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2 × 0.9 cm
Description

A very unusual example of elongated annite, associated to golden yellow titanite.

Collected: 
2014
Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Annite

Formula: 
KFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Rockport, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA

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