Call number:
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D56 (42)
D56 (42)
Classification:
Sorosilicates
Minerals from Serifos Isl.
Minerals from Serifos Isl.
Name:
Ιλβαΐτης
Translated title:
Ilvaite
Place of origin:
Koundouros/Serifos isl., Greece
Depositional environment:
Contact metamorphism
Description:
Aggregate of prismatic ilvaite crystals. Hedenbergitic skarn at Koundouros bay/Serifos is famous for its largest ilvaite crystals ever found. Ilvaite is formed together with hedenbergite in the prograde skarn and is overgrown by the retrograde minerals, quartz and calcite.
Chemical formula:
CaFe3O(Si2O7)(OH)
Crystal system:
Orthorhombic
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