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Clinochlore With Titanite

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Clinochlore With Titanite

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Description
Locality: 
Burgum Alp, Vizze Valley, South Tirol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 3.2 × 3.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

A sample from a virtually never offered locality. The titanite crystal in the clinochlore vug is about 0.5 cm big.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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...

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

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