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Chayesite

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Description
Locality: 
Pauliberg Quarry, Kobersdorf, Oberpullendorf, Burgenland, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.2 × 1.5 × 1.6 cm
Description

red-brown crystals of chayesite in a vug of basaltic matrix. FOV~2 mm.

From a find of 1998.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chayesite

Formula: 
K(Mg,Fe)4FeSi12O30
Strunz: 
9.CM.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Moon Canyon, Woodland, Summit Co., Utah, USA

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