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Cerasite (Photo)

Muscovite or Paragonite replacing Cordierite overgrown on a hexagonal prism of Indialite. The cross section is composed of an Indialite hexagon and surrounding 6 sectors, which looks like cherry blossoms petals.

Year of discovery: 1889 (Japan as the first occurence in the World)

Locality list: 35 localities of cerasite