Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Delhayelite

Views:
Watches:
ESM527554

Delhayelite

Rare Mineral

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Rasvumchorr Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 2.2 × 1.1 cm
Description

Silvery grayish-green delhayelite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Delhayelite

Formula: 
(Na,K)10Ca5Al6Si32O80(Cl2,F2,SO4)3·18H2O
Strunz: 
9.EB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Mt Shaheru, Mt Nyiragongo, Goma, Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)