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Feruvite

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Description
Locality: 
Duchess Mine, Duchess, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 2.1 × 1.8 cm
Description

A recent new find and new species for Australia.  The extremely rare fe2+, analogue of uvite; feruvite

This specimen is a cluster of silky black terminated crystals of feruvite, intergrown at odd angles off matrix. This miniature is freestanding and displays well rotated through 360 degrees.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Feruvite

Formula: 
Ca(Fe2+)3MgAl5(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Strunz: 
9.CK.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
Grey.
Type Locality: 
Repanga Island (Cuvier Island), Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
Earthstones Australia

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