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Mendipite With Chiastolite

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Mendipite With Chiastolite

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Kurita District, Shiga Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 7.5 × 3.4 cm
Weight: 
128.00gr
Description

The specimen hosts thin grey crusts of mendipite and weathered, brownish andalusite. Possibly out of a riverbed.

Comes with antique Dr. Krantz pen&ink label dated 1902-1910. Omi was a historic province of Japan correlating to todays Shiga prefecture. The Kurita District was disolved in 2001 due to status change of Ritto town to city.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mendipite

Formula: 
Pb3Cl2O2
Strunz: 
3.DC.70
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Churchill, Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, UK

Chiastolite

Variety Of: 

Andalusite

Formula: 
Al2(SiO4)O
Strunz: 
9.AF.10
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.5
Hardness: 
0.0

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