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Morimotoite Wollastonite Ettringite

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Morimotoite Wollastonite Ettringite

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Description
Locality: 
Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg, Ettringen, Eifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Mixed Specimens
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 1.3 × 1 cm
Description

Fraction of a xenolith with dark brown grains of Morimotoite, yellow prismatic wollastonite and white fibrous ettringite. Part of an nalysed sample.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Morimotoite

Formula: 
Ca3(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)2((Si,Fe3+)O4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
7.5
Colour: 
Black
Streak: 
Grey
Type Locality: 
Fuka mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan

Wollastonite

Formula: 
CaSiO3
Strunz: 
9.DG.05
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White

Ettringite

Formula: 
Ca6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·26H2O
Strunz: 
7.DG.15
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Ettringer Feld, Western lava flow, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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