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Kalkowskite
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Colour:
Light to dark brown
Lustre:
Waxy, Sub-Metallic
Hardness:
3½
Specific Gravity:
3.98 - 4.04
Name:
After Professor E.L. Kalkowsky (1851-1938), University of Dresden, Germany.
A Mixture Of:
Found in a fine-grained schistose muscovite layer in quartzite in the Serro do Itacolumy, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
30164
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:30164:0
Physical Properties of Kalkowskite
Waxy, Sub-Metallic
Colour:
Light to dark brown
Streak:
Reddish brown
Hardness:
3½ on Mohs scale
Fracture:
Conchoidal
Density:
3.98 - 4.04 g/cm3 (Measured)
Crystallography of Kalkowskite
Morphology:
As thin, irregularly bounded plates exhibiting a fibrous structure in transmitted light.
Synonyms of Kalkowskite
Other Information
Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
Internet Links for Kalkowskite
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References for Kalkowskite
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Localities for Kalkowskite
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All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
South Africa | |
| Rozendaa et al. (2012) |
