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Mica Group

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Locality: Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan

Mica pseudomorphs after complex cordierite-indialite intergrowths, known in Japan as “sakura ishi (cherry blossom stones)”. Individual crystal sections about 5 mm in diameter. John Rakovan photo. See Rakovan, Kitamura and Tamada(2006) Rocks & Minerals, 81:284-292.

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