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Pumpellyite & Dolomite

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Description
Locality: 
Tejea Quarry, Archidona, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 6.2 × 4.2 cm
Weight: 
69.00gr
Description

On a matrix we see a series of crystallizations of acicular pumpellyite with greenish hues and rhombohedral crystallizations of white dolomite and with inclusions of what could be goethite that gives it the brown tone of some aggregate that we also found in the specimen. A specimen from the Tejea quarry.

Mineral Data
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Pumpellyite

Synonym Of: 

Pumpellyite-(Al)

Formula: 
Ca2(Al,Fe2+,Mg)Al2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH,O)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BG.20
Hardness: 
0.0

Pumpellyite-(Fe2+)

Formula: 
Ca2Fe2+Al2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BG.20
Hardness: 
0.0

Pumpellyite-(Fe3+)

Formula: 
Ca2(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)(Al,Fe3+)2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH,O)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BG.20
Hardness: 
0.0

Pumpellyite-(Mg)

Formula: 
Ca2MgAl2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BG.20
Hardness: 
5.5

Pumpellyite-(Mn2+)

Formula: 
Ca2(Mn2+,Mg)(Al,Mn3+,Fe3+)2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BG.20
Hardness: 
0.0
Group Parent: 
Pumpellyite Group

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White

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