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and fracture coatings. It is commonly colorless, white to pale amethyst in color. It has perfect cleavage and the crystalline habit has a brilliant luster. It has a
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Clinohedrite coating hardystonite, franklinite with willemite reaction rims. Franklin, New Jersey. Orange fluorescence under UV.
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150:a = 5.09 Å, b = 15.82 Å,
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208:Brilliant, glassy; pearly on {010}
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316:calcium-zinc silicate; CaZn(SiO
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363:(non-fluorescent) and
286:Other characteristics
84:Strunz classification
380:Gila County, Arizona
367:(fluoresces green).
633:Monoclinic minerals
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440:10.1180/mgm.2021.43
431:2021MinM...85..291W
413:Warr, L.N. (2021).
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120:Domatic (m)
19:Clinohedrite
361:franklinite
345:ultraviolet
274:Ultraviolet
246:Biaxial (−)
224:Diaphaneity
134:Space group
612:Categories
537:2012-01-26
516:2012-01-26
400:References
396:for face.
376:New Jersey
326:monoclinic
308:is a rare
297:References
191:Mohs scale
125:H-M symbol
109:Monoclinic
74:IMA symbol
449:235729616
365:willemite
289:Strongly
281:UV=orange
264:= 1.667 n
260:= 1.662 n
238:3.28–3.33
146:Unit cell
372:Franklin
353:esperite
330:veinlets
194:hardness
181:Cleavage
98:52.2.1.2
60:CaZn(SiO
41:Category
427:Bibcode
357:calcite
314:hydrous
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88:9.AE.30
52:Formula
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499:Mindat
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390:klino
387:Greek
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