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Yimengite

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Description
Locality: 
Yimeng Mountains, Linyi, Shandong Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1 × 1 cm
Description

Black crystal of the extremely rare K-Cr oxide mineral yimengite from the type locality in Yimeng Mountains, China., and only one of the very few known localities worldwide. Probably analyzed by the former owner of the specimen (the Vandenbroucke Museum, but the analysis is no longer available)

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Yimengite

Formula: 
K(Cr,Ti,Fe,Mg)12O19
Strunz: 
4.CC.45
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Yimeng Mts (Yimeng Shan), Linyi Prefecture, Shandong Province, China

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