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Siderite & Pericline

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Siderite & Pericline

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Description
Locality: 
Obervellach, Spittal an der Drau District, Carinthia, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.2 × 7 × 2.1 cm
Description

Black brown aggregate of siderite crystals on albite (var. pericline). An unidentified number (N°197) is blued at the rear side.

Acquired in 2012, it is an Ex. A. Gelders specimen, #445.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

Pericline

Variety Of: 

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Hardness: 
0.0

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