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Morimotoite

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Morimotoite

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Description
Locality: 
Fuka Mine, Bitchu-cho, Takahashi, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2 × 1 cm
Description

Brownish-black crystal aggregates of the extremely rare Ca-Ti-Fe silicate mineral morimotoite from the type locality. 

Very difficult to get species. Authour's material.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Morimotoite

Formula: 
Ca3(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)2((Si,Fe3+)O4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
7.5
Colour: 
Black
Streak: 
Grey
Type Locality: 
Fuka mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan

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