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Anthophyllite

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Description
Locality: 
Sleele Road, Nepaug, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.6 × 5.8 × 3.7 cm
Description

Interpenetrated spheroidal groups of fibrous antophyllite.

Ex D.M. Shannon. Acquired by Bob Janssens in 1998, specimen #1688.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Anthophyllite

Formula: 
☐{Mg2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Kjennerudvann Anthophyllite Prospect, Kjennerudvann, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway

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