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Enstatite & Pseudobrookite

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Enstatite & Pseudobrookite

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Description
Locality: 
Pico da Cruz, São Martinho, Funchal, Madeira Islands, Portugal
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.1 × 2.9 × 2.4 cm
Description

Very nice and rich sample!

Lots of brownish enstatite crystals associated to short pseudobrookite.

Collected: 
2023
Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Enstatite

Formula: 
MgSiO3
Group Parent: 
Orthopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Pseudobrookite

Formula: 
Fe2TiO5
Strunz: 
4.CB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Uroi Hill (Arany Hill), Simeria, Hunedoara Co., Romania