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Axinite-(Mn) & Rhodonite

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Axinite-(Mn) & Rhodonite

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Description
Locality: 
Pachapaqui District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.3 × 1.5 cm
Description

Pale brown tabular crystls of manganaxinite associated to pink rhodonite from Peru.

Rare color for axinite !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Axinite-(Mn)

Formula: 
Ca2Mn2+Al2BSi4O15(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BD.20
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

Rhodonite

Formula: 
MnSiO3
Strunz: 
9.DK.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kaiser Franz Mine (König Wilhelm Mine), Schävenholz (Schebenholz; Schäbenholz), Elbingerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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