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Isokite

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Isokite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Assunção Mine, Aldeia Nova, Sátão, Viseu District, Portugal
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13.5 × 7.5 × 6 cm
Description

Very rich and almost massive specimen of grey-brownish mass of isokite with dark brown triplite.

PXRD analysed specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Isokite

Formula: 
CaMg(PO4)F
Strunz: 
8.BH.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Nkumbwa Hill Carbonatite (Nkombwa Hill Carbonatite), Isoka, Isoka District, Muchinga Mts., Northern Province, Zambia