Pargasite

Pargasite – NaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2
Class: Silicates – Inosilicates
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Hardness: 6
Orthoclase
Talc (1)Diamond (10)
Scratches glass. Harder than a steel knife.
Origin: Luc Yen, Yenbai Province – Vietnam History: Ex Marty Zinn Collection
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Pargasite is one of the amphiboles that carry water into the deep Earth. Water is built into its structure as hydroxyl, and minerals like it are a main way that water is locked into rock and drawn down into the mantle, where almost nothing else can hold it.