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Wadalite

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Description
Locality: 
Tadano, Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.4 × 0.3 cm
Description

Pale brown crystals of the very rare mineral wadalite, from the type locality in Japan and one of the very few localities known worldwide.

Wadalites from the type locality are rarely seen in the mineral market.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wadalite

Formula: 
(Ca,Mg)6(Al,Fe3+)4((Si,Al)O4)3O4Cl3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan

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