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Laihunite

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Laihunite

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Locality: 
Kamitaga, Atami City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1.2 × 1 cm
Description

Small dark brown to black crystals of the rare iron silicate laihinite, associated with fine druzy quartz crystals lining cavities in precambrian metamorphic iron ore.

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
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