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Magnesio-hastingsite & Maghemite

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Magnesio-hastingsite & Maghemite

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Description
Locality: 
Montenero Quarry, Onano, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 1 cm
Description

Thin acicular magnesio-hastingsite crystals  and brownish-golden spherical aggregates of maghemite.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Maghemite

Formula: 
Fe3+2O3
Strunz: 
4.BB.15
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Bushveld Complex, South Africa

Magnesio-hastingsite

Formula: 
NaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)Si6Al2O22(OH)2
Group Parent: 
Hastingsite Root Name
Strunz: 
8/F.10-130
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5 - 6
Colour: 
Green to brownish-green
Type Locality: 
Canadian National Railway tunnel, Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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