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Wadeite

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Wadeite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Eveslogchorr Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 3.5 × 2.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

A very good example of the rare potassium-zirconium-silicate wadeite with a well-formed pink 1 cm crystal of this rare species on a pegmatite matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wadeite

Formula: 
K2Zr(Si3O9)
Strunz: 
9.CA.10
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Walgidee Hills lamproite, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Cartils Minerals

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