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Mullite Cristobalite & Pseudobrookite

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Mullite Cristobalite & Pseudobrookite

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Description
Locality: 
Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg, Ettringen, Eifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Part of a quartz rich xenolith with a cluster (~ 4 mm) of violet  mullite crystals, some white mullite, spheres of cristobalite and small pseudobrookite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mullite

Formula: 
Al4+2xSi2-2xO10-x
Strunz: 
9.AF.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Type Locality: 
Seabank Villa, Isle of Mull, Strathclyde (Argyllshire), Scotland, UK

Cristobalite

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.15
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal - Trapezohedral
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cerro San Cristóbal, Mun. de Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico

Pseudobrookite

Formula: 
Fe2TiO5
Strunz: 
4.CB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Uroi Hill (Arany Hill), Simeria, Hunedoara Co., Romania

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