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Jeppeite

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Jeppeite

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Description
Locality: 
Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.6 × 1.2 cm
Description

Lots of lustrous black crystal fragments of jeppeite and some platy brown crystal fragments of priderite in a greenish rock matrix. A good example of these two rare complex oxides from the Type Locality.

Mineral Data
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Jeppeite

Formula: 
(K,Ba)2(Ti,Fe)6O13
Strunz: 
4.CC.50
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Walgidee Hills lamproite, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Cartils Minerals

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