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Baratovite

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Description
Locality: 
Dara-i-Pioz Glacier, Tien Shan Mountains, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 3.5 × 3 cm
Description

Perlescent pinkish-white baratovite plates on aegirine matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baratovite

Formula: 
KCa7(Ti,Zr)2Li3Si12O36F2
Strunz: 
9.CJ.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Darai-Pioz Glacier (Dara-i-Pioz; Dara-Pioz), Alai Range (Alayskiy), Tien Shan Mtn, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan