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Chromite & Enstatite

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Chromite & Enstatite

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Description
Locality: 
Taganito Mine, Claver, Surigao del Norte Province, Mindanao, Philippines
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 3 × 4 cm
Weight: 
30.00gr
Description

Black to silvery chromite and brown enstatite on pyroxenite matrix.

Taganito is an open pit mine for nickel in laterite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chromite

Formula: 
Fe2+Cr3+2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Hardness: 
5.5
Colour: 
Black
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Bastide de la Carrade, Gassin, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France...

Enstatite

Formula: 
MgSiO3
Group Parent: 
Orthopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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