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Monticellite in Calcite

#FD54796

Monticellite in Calcite

#FD54796
Availability
Sold
Size
7 x 5.5 x 4 cm - Sm Cabinet 
Formula
CaMgSiO4 (RRUFF)
Locality
Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, United States

1-3mm yellow crystals with and without luster throughout blue Calcite matrix. A vein of possible Scawtite shoots up the middle.

Monticellite

Formula
CaMgSiO4 
Crystal System
Orthorhombic 
Crystal Habit
Crystalline - Fine, Prismatic 
Cleavage
Indistinct, None, None 
Luster
Vitreous (Glassy) 
Color
colorless, greenish gray, gray 
Streak
white 
Class
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal 
Fracture
Brittle 
Hardness

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

Collection
Fred DeVito Collection

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