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Kaersutite

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Kaersutite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Black Ball Head, Beara Peninsula, County Cork, Irish Republic (Eire)
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4 × 2 cm
Weight: 
46.00gr
Description

Lustrous black phenocrysts of kaersutite in matrix. This is a titanium-bearing amphibole mineral and is rare in Ireland.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kaersutite

Formula: 
{Na}{Ca2}{Mg3AlTi}(Al2Si6O22)O2
Strunz: 
9.DE.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Qaarsut (Kaersut), Uummannaq (Umanak), Qaasuitsup, Greenland
Rare-Earth-Crystals

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Payment must be made with 7 days of purchase and items will not be shipped until payment is received.

Full refund if you are not completely satisfied with any purchase and item is returned within 30 days. Buyer to pay return postage costs.

Please ensure you understand specimen size before purchase as I do sell material from micro to cabinet size.