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Tsepinite-Na & Arisite-(Ce)

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Tsepinite-Na & Arisite-(Ce)

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Description
Locality: 
Aris Quarry, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.05cm
Description

Small white tabular crystals of tsepinite Na up to 0.3 mm sitting rich on phonolithe.

Further there is a 2 mm large spray of tuppersuatsiaite with a tabular and a little bit hidden crystal of arisite Ce.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tsepinite-Na

Formula: 
Na2(Ti,Nb)2(Si4O12)(OH,O)2·3H2O
Strunz: 
9.CE.30b
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Khibinpakhkchorr Mt., Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

Arisite-(Ce)

Formula: 
NaCe2(CO3)3-xF2x+1
Strunz: 
5.BD.18
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Aris Quarries (Ariskop Quarry; Railway Quarry), Aris, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia

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