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Forsterite Var Peridot

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Forsterite Var Peridot

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Description
Locality: 
Sapat Gali, Naran, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.9 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Description

Super intense green satturated crystals of peridote from Pakistan. There are several lustrous crystals intergrown and there is also still some matrix left which is attached at the bottom and inbetween them.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Forsterite

Formula: 
Mg2SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AC.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

Peridot

Variety Of: 

Forsterite

Formula: 
Mg2SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AC.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Hardness: 
0.0