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Aqualite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Kovdor Phlogopite Mine, Kovdor Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1 × 0.6 cm
Description

Tiny pink grains of the very rare complex silicate aqualite. Ex Mikhail Murashko collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aqualite

Formula: 
(H3O)8(Na,K,Sr)5Ca6Zr3Si26O66(OH)9Cl
Strunz: 
9.CO.10
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Colour: 
Pink
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Inagli chrome diopside deposit, Inagli Massif, Aldan, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Cartils Minerals

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