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Collectible minerals - full range in stock "Chondrodite"

Chondrodite is a mineral of the humite group, which has the properties of pleochroism. Changes its color from light yellow to brown. In nature, in the form of crystals, it is less common than in the form of aggregates. Aggregates usually shine through at the edges. It is rarely used in jewelry because of its fragility. Used as a collection mineral.

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Physical properties of Chondrodite

General
Category Nesosilicates
Formula
(repeating unit)		 Mg5(SiO4)2F2
IMA symbol Chn
Strunz classification 9.AF.45 (10th edition)
8/B.04-20 (8th edition)
Dana classification 52.3.2b.2
Crystal system Monoclinic
Crystal class Prismatic (2/m)
(same H-M symbol)
Space group P21/a
Identification
Formula mass 351.6 g/mol
Color Yellow, orange, red or brown, rarely colorless
Crystal habit Typically anhedral masses or grains, or as plates flattened on {010}, {001} or {100}.
Twinning Simple or multiple twinning common on {001}, also reported on {105} and {305}.
Cleavage Poor to good on (001)
Fracture Conchoidal to Uneven
Tenacity Brittle
Mohs scale hardness 6 to 6.5
Luster Vitreous to Greasy
Streak Grey or Yellow
Diaphaneity Translucent
Specific gravity 3.1 to 3.26
Optical properties Biaxial(+)
Refractive index nα = 1.592 - 1.643, nβ = 1.602 - 1.655, nγ = 1.619 - 1.675,
Birefringence 0.027 - 0.032
Pleochroism X golden yellow to orange, Y and Z light yellow to almost colorless
Solubility Soluble in HCl and H2SO4
Other characteristics Some specimens fluoresce orange yellow under shortwave and orange under longwave UV. Not radioactive.

Chondrodite
Code: 4042
Chondrodite
Karelia, RF
48*39*27mm

0.00 $ $15.00

Chondrodite
Code: 272
Chondrodite
Karelia, RF
20*19*14mm

0.00 $ $7.00

Chondrodite archived
Code: 1363
Chondrodite
Каpелия, RF
53*41*35mm

0.00 $ $13.33

Chondrodite archived
Code: 1364
Chondrodite
Каpелия , RF
44*27*23mm

0.00 $ $10.00

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