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Chamosite Anatase On Axinite-(Mn)

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Chamosite Anatase On Axinite-(Mn)

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Description
Locality: 
Zinc Corporation Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 5 × 4.5 cm
Description

A cavity is lined with mangaoan calcite crystals on to which numerous ablls of chamosite have formed. Of more interest but small are 3 mm groups of manganaxinite that are encrusted with light brown anatase crystals, very small but extremely rare at Broken Hill 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chamosite

Formula: 
(Fe2+,Mg)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Haut de Cry, Chamoson, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

Anatase

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DD.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...

Axinite-(Mn)

Formula: 
Ca2Mn2+Al2BSi4O15(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BD.20
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
Earthstones Australia

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