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Monticellite with Calcite

#27905

Monticellite with Calcite

#27905
Availability
Sold
Size
3 x 3 x 2 cm - Thumbnail 
Formula
CaMgSiO4 (RRUFF)
Locality
Commercial quarry, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, United States

Greenish crystal of Monticellite to 2cm in blue Calcite. Collected in the 1970's. Defunct locality.

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
Whatley Collection

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