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Cafarsite & Muscovite

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Cafarsite & Muscovite

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Description
Locality: 
Wanni Glacier, Monte Cervandone, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.8 × 4.2 × 1.9 cm
Description

Several sharp, rust-brown cafarsite crystals are perched on a gneiss matrix associated with muscovite crystals. Very good reference sample!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cafarsite

Formula: 
Ca5.9Mn1.7Fe3Ti3(AsO3)12·4-5H2O
Strunz: 
4.JC.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Wanni glacier - Scherbadung area (Monte Cervandone), Kriegalp Valley (Chriegalp Valley), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
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