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Laihunite Fayalite & Osumilite

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Laihunite Fayalite & Osumilite

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Description
Locality: 
Obsidian Cliffs, McKenzie Pass, Lane County, Oregon, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.7 × 2.3 cm
Description

Brownish crystalline laihunite on thin bladed black fayalite and assoiated with blocky black osumilite and red orange phlogopite bladed crystals in small cavities lined with clear tridymite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Laihunite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+2(SiO4)2
Strunz: 
9.AC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Laihe Fe deposit, Qianshan District, Anshan Prefecture, Liaoning Province (Manchuria; Dongbei Region), China

Fayalite

Formula: 
Fe2+2SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AC.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
7.0
Type Locality: 
Faial Island (Fayal Island), Azores District, Portugal

Osumilite

Formula: 
(K,Na)(Fe2+,Mg)2(Al,Fe3+)3(Si,Al)12O30
Strunz: 
9.CM.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Colour: 
Blue
Type Locality: 
Sakkabira, Osumi Peninsula, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu Region, Japan
Earthstones Australia

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