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Magnesio-hastingsite & Maghemite

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Magnesio-hastingsite & Maghemite

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Description
Locality: 
Montenero Quarry, Onano, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

Several acicular crystals of magnesiohastingsite on brown balls of maghemite; self collected on 1999

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Magnesio-hastingsite

Formula: 
{Na}{Ca2}{Mg4Fe3+}(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Canadian National Railway tunnel, Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Maghemite

Formula: 
Fe3+2O3
Strunz: 
4.BB.15
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Bushveld Complex, South Africa