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Kainosite-(Y)

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Kainosite-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 5 × 4.5 cm
Description

A beautiful cluster of perfect orthoclase crystals with smokey quartz crystals. The very rare mineral kainosite-Y is sitting on and between quartz and feldspar crystals and forms cream white crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kainosite-(Y)

Formula: 
Ca2(Y,Ce)2(Si4O12)(CO3)·H2O
Strunz: 
9.CF.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Igletjødn feldspar quarry (Igletjern), Hæstad, Hidra (Hitterø), Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway