General Information:
Chemical Formula:
Ca3TiFe++Si3O12
Composition:
(Molecular Weight = 500.21 gm)
Calcium 24.04 % Ca
Titanium 9.57 % Ti
Iron 11.16 % Fe
Silicon 16.84 % Si
Oxygen 38.38 % O
Empirical Formula:
Ca3TiFe2+Si3O12
Environment:
In skarns along a quartz monzonite dike which cuts limestones.
IMA Status:
Approved IMA
Locality:
Fuka, Bitchu-Cho, Okayama Prefeture, Japan.
Name Origin:
For Dr. Nobuo Morimoto (1926- ), Professor Emeritus of Osaka University.
Physical Properties:
Cleavage:
None
Color:
black.
Density:
3.75
Diaphaniety:
Opaque
Habits:
Crystalline - Coarse - Occurs as well-formed coarse sized crystals., ,
Hardness:
7.5 - Garnet
Luminescence:
Non-fluorescent.
Luster:
Adamantine
Streak:
gray
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