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Axinite-(Mn) & Epidote

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Axinite-(Mn) & Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Canta District, Lima Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 3.8 × 3 cm
Weight: 
54.00gr
Description

Spectacular group of brown axinite-(Mn) crystals and dark green epidote crystals on matrix from this classic Peruvian site.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Axinite-(Mn)

Formula: 
Ca2Mn2+Al2BSi4O15(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BD.20
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

Epidote

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.05a
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
Colorless
Type Locality: 
Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...

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