Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Spessartine Orthoclase & Clinochlore

Views:
Watches:
HAN753284

Spessartine Orthoclase & Clinochlore

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Wushan Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao County, Fujian Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.28 × 4.24 × 1.13 cm
Weight: 
12.20gr
Description

Dark and bright orange spessartine crystals with nice surface striations on feldspar with green clinochlore

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Spessartine

Formula: 
Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sommer quarry, Wendelberg, Haibach, Aschaffenburg, Spessart, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Orthoclase

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
White

Clinochlore

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Brinton's Quarry, West Chester, Westtown Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA...

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps

Seller's terms and conditions

After a sale we expect to receive the payment with Pay Pal within 48 hours. You can return the goods within 14 days of receiving them by registered priority mail with tracking number. Buyer pays the costs of the return shipping