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Pargasite & Phlogopite

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Pargasite & Phlogopite

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Description
Locality: 
Ali Abad, Hunza Valley, Hunza District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3.7 × 3.9 cm
Description

A  pargasite crystal with bright green color and showing good faces is set on a marble matrix with many lesser pargasite cleavages and a golden-brown phlogopite group. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pargasite

Formula: 
{Na}{Ca2}{Mg4Al}(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.15
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Pargas (Parainen), Southwestern Finland Region, Finland

Phlogopite

Formula: 
KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH,F)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
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