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Wadeite

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Description
Locality: 
Kukisvumchorr Mountains, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2.3 × 1.7 cm
Description

Wadeite crystals on matrix. 

References: Pekov, I.V. & Podlesnyi, A.S. (2004): Kukisvumchorr Deposit: Mineralogy of Alkaline Pegmatites and Hydrotermalites. Mineralogical Almanac, vol. 7, 140 pages + xxiv photo's pages

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wadeite

Formula: 
K2Zr(Si3O9)
Strunz: 
9.CA.10
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Walgidee Hills lamproite, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia