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Magnesio-arfvedsonite & Rhodonite

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Magnesio-arfvedsonite & Rhodonite

Ex H-J Wilke (Germany)

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Description
Locality: 
Noda-Tamagawa Mine, Noda-mura, Kunohe-gun, Iwate Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.6 × 1.3 cm
Description

Greenish-brown cleavages of magnesio-arfvedsonite, an amphibole, in massive slightly pinkish colored rhodonite.

Rare locale and interesting specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Magnesio-arfvedsonite

Formula: 
{Na}{Na2}{Mg4Fe3+}(Si8O22)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.25
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Hpakant-Tawmaw Jade Tract, Hpakant Township (Hpakan; Phakant; Phakan), Mohnyin District (Moe Hnyin District), Kachin State, Burma (Myanmar)

Rhodonite

Formula: 
MnSiO3
Strunz: 
9.DK.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kaiser Franz Mine (König Wilhelm Mine), Schävenholz (Schebenholz; Schäbenholz), Elbingerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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