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Cherry Blossom Stone

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Cherry Blossom Stone

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Description
Locality: 
Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 5.1 × 3.7 cm
Description

Cherry Blossom Stone (Cerasite) is unique to Japan,its a Muscovite pseudomorph after Cordierite - Indialite.The central crystal is after Indialite,the six around it are after Cordierite.The matrix is geologically a Hornfels.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cherry Blossom Stone

Variety Of: 

Cordierite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.10
Hardness: 
7.0 - 7.5

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