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Hercynite & Clinohumite

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Hercynite & Clinohumite

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Description
Locality: 
Namib Desert, Swakopmund, Erongo Region, Namibia
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Nice hercynite and clinohumite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hercynite

Formula: 
Fe2+Al2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Hardness: 
7.5
Type Locality: 
Poběžovice (Ronsperg; Ronsberg; Ronsperk), Plzeň Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Clinohumite

Formula: 
Mg9(SiO4)4F2
Strunz: 
9.AF.55
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy