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Henmilite & Clinotobermorite

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Henmilite & Clinotobermorite

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Description
Locality: 
Fuka Mine, Bitchu-cho, Takahashi, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 1 × 0.8 cm
Description

Exceptional specimen of henmilite with sharp deep blue crystals associated to clinotobermorite. Henmilite is a very rare mineral found only in one locality worldwide !. Tobermorite is also very rare, since has only been found in six localities worldwide, it was redefined by the IMA in 2014.. Two aesthetic rarities in the same specimen.

Very nice under the microscope !.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Henmilite

Formula: 
Ca2Cu[B(OH)4]2(OH)4
Strunz: 
6.AC.30
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Fuka mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan

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