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Forsterite & Kimberlite

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Description
Locality: 
Peddie Kimberlite, Bucke Township, Cobalt, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Pale greyish-green forsterite blebs in and on kimberlite from the Peddie Kimberlite occurrence in Bucke Township. 

See Kimberlites of the Lake Timiskaming Structural Zone: Supplement Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report 6018, 2000

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Forsterite

Formula: 
Mg2SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AC.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

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