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Palygorskite Var Mountain Leather

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Palygorskite Var Mountain Leather

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Description
Locality: 
Steinshogda, Lommedalen, Baerum, Viken, Norway
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.7 × 7.7 × 1.5 cm
Description

This is not a beautiful specimen - what's making it interesting ist not the look but the touch. It really feels like used old raw leather.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Palygorskite

Formula: 
(Mg,Al)5(Si,Al)8O20(OH)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
9.EE.20
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Second Mine, Popovka River, Palygorskaya Distance of Perm Railways, Permskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

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