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Makarochkinite

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Description
Locality: 
Ilmen Mountains, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 1.8 × 1.2 cm
Description

Black makarochkinite crystals on matrix from the type and only known locality worldwide.

Named after Russian Uralian mineralogist Boris A. Makarochkin (1908-1988).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Makarochkinite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na)2Fe2+4Fe3+Ti[O2|BeAlSi4O18]
Strunz: 
9.DH.40
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Colour: 
black
Type Locality: 
Pit No. 400 (400 Mine), Lake Ishkul', Ilmen Natural Reserve, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

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