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Cherry Blossom Stone

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Cherry Blossom Stone

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Locality: 
Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 9 × 7.2 cm
Description

This is a large and beautiful Cherry Blossom Stone specimen. The matrix is a hydrothermal altered Hornfels, Cherry Blossom Stone is a pseudomorph of Mica after Indialite/Cordierite. The central crystal is after Indialite, the outer crystals are after Cordierite.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cherry Blossom Stone

Variety Of: 

Cordierite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.10
Hardness: 
7.0 - 7.5

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