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Kämmererite & Chromite

ex Dr. F. Krantz, Bonn, GER
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Description
Locality: 
Korkodinskoe Deposit, Korkodin, Ufaley, Verkhny Ufaley, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 3 × 2.8 cm
Description

Old time example of purplish Kämmererite ie chromian clinochlore as crystals on/in chromite matrix from the Urals. Note the old name for Kämmererite on the label: Kotschubeit. Probably late 19th century. The given locality is the river Topkaya in Chelyabinskaya Oblast’, the specimen typical for Korkodin.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kämmererite

Variety Of: 

Clinochlore

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
white

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...

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Best regards Roger