Mineralpedia Details for Chromceladonite
Chromceladonite
- Formula
- KMgCrSi4O10(OH)2
- Crystal System
- Monoclinic
- Crystal Habit
- Massive - Granular, Spherical
- Cleavage
- Perfect, None, None
- Luster
- Vitreous - Silky
- Color
- emerald green, dark green
- Streak
- pale green
- Class
- Monoclinic - Sphenoidal
- Fracture
- Flexible
- Hardness
- 1-2
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Chromceladonite from Srednyaya Padma mine, Zaonezhie pen., Karelia, Russia
- Special Info
- Type Locality, Type Material
This is a 1cm specimen of micaceous deep green Chromceladonite. It is a the Cureton label indicates a "portion of type".
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