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Perovskite & Melanite

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Perovskite & Melanite

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Description
Locality: 
Perovskite Peak, San Benito Peak, San Benito County, California, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 2.7 × 1.8 cm
Description

Fine, well shaed crystal of perovskite with melanite on matrix. From the 1980´s.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Perovskite

Formula: 
CaTiO3
Strunz: 
4.CC.30
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Akhmatovskaya Kop' (Achmatovsk Mine), Nazyamskie Mts, Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Melanite

Variety Of: 

Andradite

Formula: 
Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Black

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