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Chondrodite with Spinel

#64586

Chondrodite with Spinel

#64586
Availability
Sold
Size
8 x 7.5 x 3.5 cm - Sm Cabinet 
Formula
Mg5(SiO4)2F2 (RRUFF)
Locality
Edenville, Orange Co., New York, United States

Huge crystals of orange Chondrodite with black octahedral Spinel crystals to 7mm in Calcite matrix8. Old specimen from the A. E. Seaman Museum.

Antique Specimen

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.

Special Info
Antique Specimen

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