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Hedenbergite & Ilvaite

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Hedenbergite & Ilvaite

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Description
Locality: 
Kitabira mine, Mine City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 7.8 × 4.7 cm
Description

There is a black Ilvaite crystal covert partly with Quartz on green Hedenbergite ,the Skarn minerals from this Mine are not known to most collectors,rarly seen material.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hedenbergite

Formula: 
CaFe2+Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Mormorsgruvan, Tunaberg Cu-Co Ore Field, Tunaberg, Nyköping, Södermanland, Sweden

Ilvaite

Formula: 
CaFe2+2Fe3+(Si2O7)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BE.07
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Torre di Rio - Santa Filomena area (Monte della Torre), Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy

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