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Fluoro-richterite & Hematite

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Fluoro-richterite & Hematite

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Description
Locality: 
Nuestra Señora del Carmen Mines, La Celia, Jumilla, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 3.8 × 2.8 cm
Description

Beautiful and rich sample with lots of perfect golden fluoro-richterite crystals with strange hematite crystals.

A true beauty under the scope!

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

Fluoro-richterite

Formula: 
{Na}{CaNa}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(F,OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Pit No. 97 (N97 Mine), Ilmen Natural Reserve, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0