Mineralpedia Details for Laihunite
Laihunite
- Formula
- (Fe3+,Fe2+,[box])2SiO4
- Crystal System
- Monoclinic
- Cleavage
- Good, Perfect, Perfect
- Luster
- Sub Metallic
- Color
- dark brown, black
- Streak
- light brown
- Class
- Monoclinic - Prismatic
- Hardness
- 6
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Laihunite from Kamitaga, Chubu, Honshu Island, Japan
Interesting greenish yellow to brown, malformed or rice-shaped "crystals", a few with good form, dotting the volcanic(?), matrix. Laihunite is a rare member of the Olivine group.
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