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Pigeonite

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Pigeonite

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Description
Locality: 
San Carlos Indian Reservation, Gila County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2.1 × 1.2 cm
Description

A crystalline cleavage of pigeonite sitting atop olivine bomb matrix.    Unusually good quality for the species.   This is from the typical peridot locality on the San Carlos reservation, but a research trip from the University uncovered several rare species not usually attributed to the locality.   

Mineral Data
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Pigeonite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+,Ca)(Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.10
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Pigeon Point, Cook Co., Minnesota, USA

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