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Amosite

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Locality: 
Lydenburg, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
17 × 3 × 1 cm
Description

Long dark green fibrous crystals of grunerite of the amosite variety, that comes with and old label that reads Lydenburg (currently Mashishing), that is not far from the famous the Penge Mine.

Acquired in the 1980’s, choice material from the P.Van Hal collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Amosite

Variety Of: 

Grunerite

Formula: 
☐{Fe2+2}{Fe2+5}(Si8O22)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Hardness: 
0.0

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