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Osumilite-(Mg) & Cordierite

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Osumilite-(Mg) & Cordierite

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Description
Locality: 
Nickenich, Andernach, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Fraction of a clay xenolith with excellent, dichroitic (dark blue and yellow-green) crystals (~1 mm) of osumilite-Mg and red-orange cordierite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Osumilite-(Mg)

Formula: 
KMg2Al3(Al2Si10)O30
Strunz: 
9.CM.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Caspar quarry, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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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