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Cerasite (of Kikuchi)

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Cerasite (of Kikuchi)

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Description
Locality: 
Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 3.9 × 3.9 cm
Description

Cerasite (Cherry Blossom Stone) is a pseudomorph - Muscovite after Cordierite / Indialite, the matrix is a hornfels.The center crystal is after Indialite the outer six crystals after Cordierite,unique to Japan.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cerasite (of Kikuchi)

Variety Of: 

Cordierite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.10
Hardness: 
7.0 - 7.5
Hardness: 
0.0

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