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Magnetite with Clinochlore and Diopside on Epidote from Marki Khel (southwest of Jalalabad), Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan

 
Magnetite with Clinochlore and Diopside on Epidote from Marki Khel (southwest of Jalalabad), Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan

Magnetite with Clinochlore and Diopside on Epidote from Marki Khel (southwest of Jalalabad), Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan

DESCRIPTION:No. 63044
Mineral:Magnetite with Clinochlore and Diopside on Epidote
Locality:Marki Khel (southwest of Jalalabad), Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
Description:Lustrous black octahedral magnetite crystals to 7 mm with prismatic translucent green-black diopside crystals to 6 mm and platy greenish mica-like clinochlore crystals to 1 mm over small transparent yellow-green epidote crystals to 1 mm.
Overall Size:6.5x4x2 cm
Crystals:micro to 7 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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