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Chayesite & Roedderite

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Chayesite & Roedderite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Sierra de las Cabras, Cancarix, Albacete, Castilla La Mancha, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 4 × 2.6 cm
Weight: 
70.00gr
Description

Spectacular sample of these two rare minerals chayesite and roedderite on a lamproite matrix called Cancarite.

The crystals of this site are possibly the bigest for the specie and perfectly ended.

Great sample for micromunt lovers.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chayesite

Formula: 
K(Mg,Fe)4FeSi12O30
Strunz: 
9.CM.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Moon Canyon, Woodland, Summit Co., Utah, USA

Roedderite

Formula: 
(Na,K)2(Mg,Fe)5Si12O30
Strunz: 
9.CM.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Indarch meteorite (Elizabethpol; Gindorcha; Glindorcha; Indarh; Indarkh; Schuscha; Suscha [NHM cat.]), Shusha, Naxçıvan District (Naxcivan; Nakhichevan), Azerbaijan

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