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Baratovite Miserite Aegirine & Albite

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Baratovite Miserite Aegirine & Albite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Dara-i-Pioz Glacier, Tien Shan Mountains, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2.3 × 0.7 cm
Weight: 
4.00gr
Description

Rare biege plates of Baratovite (bluish flurescence in UV SW) with pinkish Miserite, Aegirine  and Albite .(red fl) UV SW. Last photo in natural light.

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

Miserite

Formula: 
K(Ca,Ce)4Si5O13(OH)3
Strunz: 
9.DG.85
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Colour: 
Pink
Type Locality: 
North Wilson pit, Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs (Potash Sulfur Springs), Garland Co., Arkansas, USA

Aegirine

Formula: 
NaFe3+Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Rundemyr, Øvre Eiker, Buskerud, Norway

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

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