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Ferro-anthophyllite

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Ferro-anthophyllite

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Description
Locality: 
Strandvika, Sandefjord, Sandefjord, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

A specimen of ferroanthophyllite from Strandvika, Norway (although the original label says Finland, it is probably a geographic mistake)

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ferro-anthophyllite

Formula: 
☐{Fe2+2}{Fe2+5}(Si8O22)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DD.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Tamarack and Custer Mine (Thomas; Custer; Murphy; Watson; Nelson; Monroe), Custer Peak, Ninemile Creek, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA...

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