Cordierite variety Cerasite
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Cordierite variety Cerasite
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- 3 x 4 x 1.5 cm - Miniature
- Formula
- Mg2Al4Si5O18 (RRUFF)
- Locality
- Kyoto prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
A cyclically twinned Cordierite crystal to 7mm that has been replaced by platy Micas, pinite or sericite. The name Cerasite may actually be Sericite, which at some point became the varietal name.
This piece comes with a label with what appear to be Japanese characters, although I don't really know, I'd be interested to know the translation for.
Cordierite
- Formula
- Mg2Al4Si5O18
- Crystal System
- Orthorhombic
- Crystal Habit
- Prismatic, Massive - Granular
- Cleavage
- Poor, None, None
- Luster
- Vitreous (Glassy)
- Color
- colorless, pale blue, violet, yellow, gray
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
- Fracture
- Conchoidal
- Hardness
- 7
Data courtesy of Webmineral.
- Collection
- Phillips Collection
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