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Cordierite

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Description
Locality: 
Coimbatore District, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 5.5 × 2.3 cm
Weight: 
100.00gr
Description

A pure, intense blue cordierite specimen without any matrix.

Shows the typical pleochroism in thin cleavages.

Ex  Dipl. Min. Manfred Schaeffer, Detmold - handwritten label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cordierite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
7.0 - 7.5
Type Locality: 
Großer Arber, Bayerisch Eisenstein, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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