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Frankamenite

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Frankamenite

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Description
Locality: 
Murunskii Massif, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 4.3 × 1.5 cm
Description

Purplish-grey frankamenite with minor tinaksite in charoite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Frankamenite

Formula: 
K3Na3Ca5(Si12O30)(F,OH)4·H2O
Strunz: 
9.DG.90
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Murunskii Massif, Chara and Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia