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Hainite

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Hainite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Bortolan Quarry, Pocos de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.1 × 0.7 cm
Description

This is a rare Na-Ca-Ti-silicate, a member of the rosenbuschite group. It forms pink-yellow elongated crystals in phonolite matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hainite

Formula: 
Na4Ca8(Ti,Zr,Mn)3(Si2O7)4F4
Strunz: 
9.BE.22
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Hohe Hain Mtn, Jizerské Mtn (Iser Mtn), Liberec Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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