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Serpentine & Alleghanyite

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Serpentine & Alleghanyite

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Description
Locality: 
Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 2.2 × 1.3 cm
Description

Garnet with mn serpentine and small alleghanyite in matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Alleghanyite

Formula: 
Mn2+5(SiO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.AF.45
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Bald Knob, Sparta, Alleghany County, North Carolina, United States of America