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Palygorskite

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Palygorskite

ex Sneeuw collection

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Description
Locality: 
La Table, La Rochette, Chambéry, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.5 × 2.1 cm
Description

Light brown leaves on matrix ; it comes with an old label

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...