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Ferrobustamite

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Ferrobustamite

ex P.B. Scortecci collection

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Description
Locality: 
Nakatatsu Mine, Ono City, Fukui, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 3 × 2.6 cm
Description

Cream elongated crystals on matrix with yellow garnet

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ferrobustamite

Formula: 
CaFe2+(Si2O6)
Strunz: 
9.DG.05
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Camas Malag, Torrin, Broadford, Isle of Skye, North West Highlands (Inverness-shire), Scotland, UK