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Berdesinskiite & Schreyerite

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Berdesinskiite & Schreyerite

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Description
Locality: 
Lasamba Hill, Kwale County, Kenya
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.1 × 0.4 cm
Description

Black berdesinskiite associated to schreyerite from the type locality for the mineral and only one of 4 known localities worldwide.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Berdesinskiite

Formula: 
V3+2TiO5
Strunz: 
4.CB.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Lasamba Hill, Kwale District, Coast Province, Kenya

Schreyerite

Formula: 
V3+2Ti3O9
Strunz: 
4.CB.35
Hardness: 
7.0
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Lasamba Hill, Kwale District, Coast Province, Kenya

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