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Anthophyllite

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Description
Locality: 
Googrock Mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.2 × 1.4 cm
Description

Anthophyllite in matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Anthophyllite

Formula: 
☐{Mg2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Kjennerudvann Anthophyllite Prospect, Kjennerudvann, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway