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Muscovite Psm Cordierite

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Muscovite Psm Cordierite

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Description
Locality: 
Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.7 × 0.7 × 0.5 cm
Description

Nice pseudomorphose muscovite after cordierite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White

Cordierite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
7.0 - 7.5
Type Locality: 
Großer Arber, Bayerisch Eisenstein, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany