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Sapphire & Hercynite

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Sapphire & Hercynite

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Description
Locality: 
In den Dellen Quarries, Niedermendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.6 × 0.6 cm
Description

Nice crystals of tabular sapphire with hercynite on sanidinite (FOV 1.4 mm)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sapphire

Variety Of: 

Corundum

Formula: 
Al2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Hardness: 
9.0
Formula: 
Al2O3
Hardness: 
0.0

Hercynite

Formula: 
Fe2+Al2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Hardness: 
7.5
Type Locality: 
Poběžovice (Ronsperg; Ronsberg; Ronsperk), Plzeň Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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