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Crocidolite Var Tiger's Eye

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Crocidolite Var Tiger's Eye

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Description
Locality: 
Prieska Mine, Copperton, Pixley ka Seme District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4.3 × 3 cm
Weight: 
126.00gr
Description

Chatoyant tiger eye, combo of crocidolite with limonite within quartz . This is a good quality specimen, as it could well be cut for semiprecious stone purposes.

Dated to the late 80s.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Crocidolite

Variety Of: 

Riebeckite Root Name

Formula: 
◻[Na2][Z2+3Fe3+2]Si8O22(OH,F,Cl)2
Hardness: 
0.0
Hardness: 
0.0

Tiger's Eye

Mixture Of: 

Crocidolite

Hardness: 
0.0

Riebeckite

Formula: 
◻[Na2][Fe2+3Fe3+2]Si8O22(
Strunz: 
9.DE.25
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5

Chalcedony

Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0

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