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Kämmererite & Brucite

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Description
Locality: 
Kop Krom Mine, Kop Daglari, Erzurum Province, Turkey
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 4.5 × 2.3 cm
Description

A very nice and undamaged specimen with purple well developed Kämmererite crystals on matrix which mostly consists of chromite. Some flaky in part pearly lustrous tan whiteish brucite present. This locality provided the best specimens for the species worldwide, ex Klaus Böhmfeld coll., acquired in the 1990s.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kämmererite

Variety Of: 

Clinochlore

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
white

Brucite

Formula: 
Mg(OH)2
Strunz: 
4.FE.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Castle Point, Hoboken, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA

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Best regards Roger