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Titanite & Tschermakite

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Description
Locality: 
Gjerstad, Agder, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 2 × 1.4 cm
Description

Nice titanite with tschermakitte

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Titanite

Formula: 
CaTi(SiO4)O
Strunz: 
9.AG.15
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Titanite occurrence, Hauzenberg, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Tschermakite

Formula: 
☐(Ca2)(Mg3Al2)(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2
Group Parent: 
Tschermakite Root Name
Strunz: 
8/F.10-60
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5 - 6
Colour: 
Medium green to dark
Streak: 
Pale grey-green