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Potassic-ferro-ferri-taramite

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Potassic-ferro-ferri-taramite

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Description
Locality: 
Mohlileh Hill, Darkainle Complex,Borama District, Awdal, Somaliland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm
Description

Black crystals of the rare amphibole mineral potassic-ferro-ferri-taramite (labeled as mbozzite in the plastic box, its former name) in a whitish contrasting matrix from the TL in Somalialand.

IMA approved as recently as 2012.  

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Potassic-ferro-ferri-taramite

Formula: 
K(CaNa)(Fe2+3Fe3+2)(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Mbozi complex, Mbeya Region, Tanzania

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