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Chondrodite with Spinel

#AH53184

Chondrodite with Spinel

#AH53184
Availability
Sold
Size
8 x 8 x 3.5 cm - Sm Cabinet 
Formula
Mg5(SiO4)2F2 (RRUFF)
Locality
Lime Crest quarry, Franklin Marble, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States

Rich specimen loaded with rare orange Chondrodite grains to 6mm.

Chondrodite

Formula
Mg5(SiO4)2F2 
Crystal System
Monoclinic 
Crystal Habit
Crystalline - Fine, Massive - Granular 
Cleavage
Good, None, None 
Luster
Vitreous - Greasy 
Color
yellow, orange, brownish white, reddish white, greenish white 
Streak
gray 
Class
Monoclinic - Prismatic 
Fracture
Conchoidal 
Hardness
6-6.5 

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

Collection
Arnold G Hampson Collection

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