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Magnesio-hastingsite

German Antarctica expedition GANOVEX III 1982/83

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Description
Locality: 
Apostrophe Island, Spatulate Ridge, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.2 × 1.2 cm
Description

A crystal cleavage of black-green magnesio-hastingsite.

Recent analyses (by Joy Desor) confirmed this old material as magnesio-hastingsite.

The specimen was found during the third German Antarctica expedition GANOVEX III 1982/83

Magnesio-hastingsite from this locality is seldom available.

 

Ex collection Dipl.Min. Ulrich Vetter, Hannover - mineralogist of

this expedition. Comes with a - copy - of his old original handwritten

"Hornblende" label

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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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