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Jadeite & Magnesio-riebeckite

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Jadeite & Magnesio-riebeckite

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Description
Locality: 
Moosegg, Grubach, Hallein District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 0.5 × 0.4 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with a group of jadeite crystals on matrix. The crystals have inclusions of magnesioriebeckite. The specimen is an old one from the AMNH (amercian museum of natrual history) and late Jim Ferraiolo collections. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Jadeite

Formula: 
Na(Al,Fe3+)Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Burma (Myanmar)

Magnesio-riebeckite

Formula: 
◻{Na2}{Mg3Fe3+2}(Si8O22)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.25
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Alto Chapare District, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia

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