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Bementite

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Bementite

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Description
Locality: 
Gambatesa Mine, Reppia, Genova, Liguria, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 6.4 × 6.3 cm
Weight: 
239.00gr
Description

Interesting specimen from Gambatesa mine of bementite in a myriad of prismatic lamellar crystals reunited in radial aggregates of a beautiful creamy nut-brown color in graduated shading. Crystals are present in two different sides of the piece as shown by photos

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bementite

Formula: 
Mn7Si6O15(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EE.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Trotter Mine (Lehigh Mine), Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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