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Morimotoite


Morimotoite : Ca3(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)2[(Si,Fe3+)O4]3 (?)

Photo Copyright © Pavel M. Kartashov collection & photo  - This image is copyrighted. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited.
Dark-brown morimotoite grains into calcite-wollastonite skarn from the type locality. Appearance of the mineral is really different from usual schorlomite. Confirmed by microprobe and XRD analyses. Specimen size is 17x12x7 mm. Collected by Igor V. Pekov in 2007 under supervising of the specie author from the same point of the outcrop as and holotype specimen. Pavel M. Kartashov collection and photo.

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