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Titanite Pericline & Chlorite

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Titanite Pericline & Chlorite

ex collection Achim Siebert
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Wartköpfe, Untersulzbach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.9 × 4.2 × 1.1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

Almost two dozen brownish, translucent to transparent titanite crystals up to 0.5 cm on white pericline with green chlorite. A classic alpine specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Titanite

Formula: 
CaTi(SiO4)O
Strunz: 
9.AG.15
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Titanite occurrence, Hauzenberg, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Pericline

Variety Of: 

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Hardness: 
0.0

Chlorite

Synonym Of: 

Chlorite Group

Group Parent: 
Chlorite
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2 - 2.5
Colour: 
Green, Grey, Brown
Streak: 
colourless

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