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Baghdadite

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Description
Locality: 
Fuka Mine, Bitchu-cho, Takahashi, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.5 × 1.1 cm
Description

Fluorescent grains of the rare mineral bagdhadite on matrix. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baghdadite

Formula: 
Ca3(Zr,Ti)(Si2O7)O2
Strunz: 
9.BE.17
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Dupezeh Mt., Hero, Qala-Diz (Qala-Dizeh; Qala-Diza), Iraq