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Osumilite

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Description
Locality: 
Funtanafigu Quarry, Marrubiu, Oristano Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 0.7 cm
Description

Dark-blue/ black, sharp crystals of osumilite scattered here and there on a carpet of tridymite, on the two side of the matrix. Good small-miniature from a classic locality for osumilite.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Osumilite

Formula: 
(K,Na)(Fe2+,Mg)2(Al,Fe3+)3(Si,Al)12O30
Strunz: 
9.CM.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Colour: 
Blue
Type Locality: 
Sakkabira, Osumi Peninsula, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu Region, Japan

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