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Prase On Hedenbergite

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Prase On Hedenbergite

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Locality: 
Avissalos, Serifos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 6 × 3.9 cm
Description

This is one of the better specimens from my find Seriphos, in April of 2008. More than a dozen of translucent hedenbergite included crystals are sitting on hedenbergite matrix. Very aesthetic and in very good condition compared to the rest of the find.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Prase

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Hardness: 
0.0

Hedenbergite

Formula: 
CaFe2+Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Mormorsgruvan, Tunaberg Cu-Co Ore Field, Tunaberg, Nyköping, Södermanland, Sweden

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