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Chromoamesite & Chromian Clinochlore

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Chromoamesite & Chromian Clinochlore

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Description
Locality: 
Saranovskii Mine, Saranovskaya, Gorozavodskii, Perm Krai, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 2 × 1 cm
Description

Two chromian clinochlore crystals on chromian clinochlore crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chromoamesite

Variety Of: 

Amesite

Formula: 
Mg2Al(AlSiO5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.15
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Hardness: 
0.0

Chromian Clinochlore

Variety Of: 

Clinochlore

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Formula: 
Mg5(Al,Cr)2Si3O10(OH)8
Hardness: 
0.0