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Forsterite

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Description
Locality: 
Tazheranskii Massif, Lake Baikal, Irkutsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

A wellformed large single light brown forsterite crystal with smaller ones on calcite matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Forsterite

Formula: 
Mg2SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AC.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

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