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Hibonite

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Description
Locality: 
Esiva Eluvials, Maromby, Amboasary Sud, Anosy, Madagascar
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.1 × 0.8 × 0.4 cm
Description

Hexagonal single crystal of the mineral hibonite from the type locality in Madagascar.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hibonite

Formula: 
(Ca,Ce)Al12O19
Strunz: 
4.CC.45
Hardness: 
7.5 - 8.0
Type Locality: 
Esiva eluvials, Maromby Commune, Amboasary District, Anosy Region (Fort Dauphin Region), Tuléar Province (Toliara), Madagascar

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