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Kornerupine

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Kornerupine

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Riddock Station, Harts Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 3 × 1.5 cm
Description

Light-coloured greenish-grey, prismatic crystal of kornerupine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kornerupine

Formula: 
Mg3Al6(Si,Al,B)5O21(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BJ.50
Hardness: 
7.0
Type Locality: 
Fiskenæsset old harbour, Fiskenæsset (Fiskenaesset; Qeqertarsuatsiaat), Nuuk (Godthåb), Sermersooq, Greenland