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Chamosite Var Thuringite

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Chamosite Var Thuringite

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Description
Locality: 
Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5.4 × 2.7 cm
Description

Good sample of greenish gray thuringite with an old Krantz label.

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

Thuringite

Variety Of: 

Chamosite

Formula: 
(Fe2+,Mg)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Hardness: 
3.0
Formula: 
(Fe,Fe,Mg,Al)6(Si,Al)4O10(O,OH)8
Hardness: 
0.0

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