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Cordierite

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Cordierite

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Description
Locality: 
Kiuruvesi, Northern Savonia, Finland
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.1 × 7.4 × 6.4 cm
Weight: 
420.00gr
Description

Big aggregate of interpenetrated cordierite crystals of blue-grey colour. It is formed almost exclusively by this mineral, so it can be considered a cordieritite, an infrequent rock, and from an uncommon locality in Finland.

Ex Manfred Fabig collection, who acquired it in July/21st/1982 from Leena Koistien.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cordierite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
7.0 - 7.5
Type Locality: 
Großer Arber, Bayerisch Eisenstein, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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