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Iowaite Var Chromium Iowaite Serpentine

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Iowaite Var Chromium Iowaite Serpentine

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Description
Locality: 
Kaznakhtinskii Massif, Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Republic, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.5 × 1 cm
Description

Dark purple aggregate of chromium bearing iowaite with some yellowish serpentine grains. Some of the iowaite could be altering to stichtite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Iowaite

Formula: 
Mg6Fe3+2(OH)16Cl2·4H2O
Strunz: 
4.FL.05
Hardness: 
1.5
Type Locality: 
Unnamed drill core, Sioux Co., Iowa, USA

Chromium

Formula: 
Cr
Strunz: 
1.AE.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
9.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Anduo Cr deposit, Amdo Co. (Anduo Co.), Nagchu Prefecture (Naqu Prefecture), Tibet Autonomous Region, China

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Payments must be received in currency requested.  Lost items are covered under Paypal buyer protection plan subject to Paypal terms and conditions and verified problem. Damaged or broken items with sufficient evidence will be based on case by case basis for full or partial refund.  Please contact me if there are any disputes to work out a solution.