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Cordierite

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Cordierite

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Description
Locality: 
El Hoyazo, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 1.9 × 1.3 cm
Weight: 
10.00gr
Description

Very nice group of purple cordierite crystals on hyalite matrix with almandine garnet from this classic Spanish site.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cordierite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
7.0 - 7.5
Type Locality: 
Großer Arber, Bayerisch Eisenstein, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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