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Pigeonite

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Description
Locality: 
San Carlos Indian Reservation, Gila County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.7 × 1.8 cm
Description

An excellent crystal of pigeonite in an olivine bomb matrix, from the classic Arizona peridot locality.    This was a small find from several years ago, collected and studied by mineralogists at the University of Arizona.   Quite exceptional for the species, rarely found in terrestrial samples.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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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