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Wadeite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Eveslogchorr Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 3 × 2.8 cm
Description

Sharp purplish wadeite crystals on 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