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Morimotoite: Ca3TiFe++Si3O12
Comments: Dark-brown morimotoite grains in calcite-wollastonite skarn from the type locality, ID confirmed by microprobe and XRD analyses. Location: Fuka mine, Bitchu-cho (Bicchu-cho), Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan. Collected by Igor V. Pekov in 2007 under supervising of the specie author from the same point of the outcrop as and holotype specimen. Scale: Specimen Size 17x12x7 mm. © Pavel M. Kartashov