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Rinkite

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Rinkite

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Description
Locality: 
Skutesundskjær, Barkevik, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Violet-brownish long prismatic crystals of 2 cm in Nepheline-Feldspar matrix. Old specimens collect all round 1960.

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Rinkite

Formula: 
(Na,Ca)3(Ca,Ce)4Ti(Si2O7)2OF3
Strunz: 
9.00.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Kangerluarsuk Fjord (Kangerdluarssuq Fjord), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland