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Magnesio-hastingsite

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Locality: 
Apostrophe Island, Spatulate Ridge, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 1.7 × 1 cm
Description

A crystal cleavage of lustrous black-green magnesio-hastingsite.

Recent analyses (by Joy Desor) confirmed this old material as

magnesio-hastingsite.

The specimen was found during the third German Antarctica expedition

GANOVEX III 1982/83

Magnesio-hastingsite from this locality is seldom available.

Ex collection Dipl.Min. Ulrich Vetter, Hannover - mineralogist of this expedition.

Comes with a - copy - of his original handwritten "Hornblende" label.

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