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Wadalite Magnesioferrite

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Wadalite Magnesioferrite

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Description
Locality: 
Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg, Ettringen, Eifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 1.5 × 1.2 cm
Description

Yellow, transparent crystals of wadalite with  small very tiny crystals of magnesioferrite in a vug of a Ca-rich xenolith.
Part of an analysed sample. FOV 0.42 mm

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wadalite

Formula: 
(Ca,Mg)6(Al,Fe3+)4((Si,Al)O4)3O4Cl3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan

Magnesioferrite

Formula: 
MgFe3+2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
Dark red
Type Locality: 
Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

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