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Armalcolite Enstatite & Tridymite

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Armalcolite Enstatite & Tridymite

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Description
Locality: 
La Aljorra Quarries, La Aljorra, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 3 × 1.5 cm
Weight: 
10.00gr
Description

Very interesting sample of armalcolite, enstatite, trydimite, fluorflogophite, and more.

These minerals are in the vugs of the lamproite, Lamproite is an ultramafic rock only found in few sites on the world.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Armalcolite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)Ti2O5
Strunz: 
4.CB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 0.0
Colour: 
Grey
Type Locality: 
Tranquillity Base (Apollo 11 landing site), Mare Tranquillitatis (Sea of Tranquility), The Moon

Enstatite

Formula: 
MgSiO3
Group Parent: 
Orthopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Tridymite

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.10
Crystal System: 
Triclinic - Pedial
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cerro San Cristóbal, Mun. de Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico

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