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Mullite & Pseudobrookite

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Mullite & Pseudobrookite

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Description
Locality: 
Nickenicher Weinberg, Nickenich, Andernach, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.5 × 0.8 × 0.5 cm
Description

View in the reaction chamber of a xenolith with a pinkish sphere of mullite and prismatic, lustrous, red-brown pseudobrookite crystals and small colorless sanidine. (Fov 1.7 mm)

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

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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